Schenectady is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 68,544 people and 47 associated neighborhoods, Schenectady is the 13th largest community in New York. Schenectady has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Schenectady is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Schenectady is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schenectady who work in office and administrative support (14.05%), sales jobs (7.23%), and management occupations (6.97%). Also of interest is that Schenectady has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.77% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Schenectady has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Schenectady has quite a high level of public transit users. Schenectady’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.The education level of Schenectady citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.59% of adults in Schenectady have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Schenectady in 2022 was $31,536, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,144 for a family of four. However, Schenectady contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Schenectady is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Schenectady home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schenectady residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Schenectady also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Schenectady include Italian, Irish, German, Guyanese, and English. Schenectady also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.44%. The most common language spoken in Schenectady is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
