Fort Plain is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,007 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Plain is the 607th largest community in New York. Fort Plain has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fort Plain is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.84% of the Fort Plain workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fort Plain is a village of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Plain who work in teaching (14.82%), healthcare (10.42%), and office and administrative support (8.38%).
Fort Plain is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Fort Plain citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.59% of adults 25 and older in Fort Plain have a college degree.
The per capita income in Fort Plain in 2022 was $23,724, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,896 for a family of four. However, Fort Plain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fort Plain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Plain residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Plain include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Fort Plain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fort Plain, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 8.4% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Fort Plain are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 37.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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 Fort Plain, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report English roots (12.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (12.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (8.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.0%) 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 (15.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.