Clarence is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,733 people and just one neighborhood, Clarence is the 499th largest community in New York.
Clarence is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.45% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Clarence is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarence who work in management occupations (14.17%), sales jobs (12.82%), and community and social services (10.65%).
Of important note, Clarence is also a town of artists. Clarence has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Clarence’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Clarence telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 24.84% 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Clarence doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Clarence are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.97% of adults in Clarence have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Clarence in 2022 was $51,430, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $205,720 for a family of four. However, Clarence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clarence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarence residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clarence include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Clarence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
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In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, if you are planning to retire in New York, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in New York, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.5% of neighborhoods in NY. If a New York retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 12.0% have Polish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Clarence are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 62.7% 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 18.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (9.6%), and 9.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Clarence, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (12.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (62.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.