Pitcher is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 659 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pitcher is the 831st largest community in New York.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pitcher is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pitcher is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pitcher who work in office and administrative support (16.88%), management occupations (15.19%), and healthcare (8.86%). Also of interest is that Pitcher has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Pitcher telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pitcher has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pitcher has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pitcher than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pitcher may be for you. One downside of living in Pitcher is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pitcher, the average commute to work is 35.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Pitcher doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Pitcher are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.88% of adults in Pitcher have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Pitcher in 2022 was $29,127, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,508 for a family of four. However, Pitcher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pitcher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pitcher residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pitcher include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Pitcher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
