Adams Center - Adams is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,383 people and just one neighborhood, Adams Center - Adams is the 431st largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, Adams Center - Adams isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Adams Center - Adams are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Adams Center - Adams is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Adams Center - Adams who work in healthcare (10.48%), office and administrative support (10.29%), and teaching (9.81%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.06% 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.
Adams Center - Adams is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Adams Center - Adams who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.74% of adults in Adams Center - Adams have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Adams Center - Adams in 2022 was $40,431, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,724 for a family of four. However, Adams Center - Adams contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Adams Center - Adams is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Adams Center - Adams home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Adams Center - Adams residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Adams Center - Adams include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Adams Center - Adams is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 4.2% have Dutch ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Adams Center - Adams are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.6%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.2%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Adams Center - Adams, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.6%) and 8.1% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.