In addition, Hemlock is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
Overall, Hemlock’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hemlock has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hemlock a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Hemlock, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.17 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Hemlock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Hemlock overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Hemlock, 23.39% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hemlock in 2022 was $33,686, 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 $134,744 for a family of four.
The people who call Hemlock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hemlock residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hemlock include English, German, Italian, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Hemlock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
