Byron - Bergen is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,326 people and just one neighborhood, Byron - Bergen is the 306th largest community in New York. Byron - Bergen has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Byron - Bergen isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Byron - Bergen are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Byron - Bergen is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Byron - Bergen who work in management occupations (11.68%), office and administrative support (8.82%), and teaching (7.60%).
Also of interest is that Byron - Bergen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small town, Byron - Bergen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Byron - Bergen is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.91% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Byron - Bergen in 2022 was $36,949, 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 $147,796 for a family of four. However, Byron - Bergen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Byron - Bergen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Byron - Bergen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Byron - Bergen include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Byron - Bergen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 3.7% have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Byron - Bergen are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 74.3% of America'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, 34.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.5%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (7.2%).
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 Byron - Bergen, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.0%), and residents who report English roots (15.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (14.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (9.8%), 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 (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.