Port Henry - Mineville is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,020 people and just one neighborhood, Port Henry - Mineville is the 456th largest community in New York. Port Henry - Mineville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Port Henry - Mineville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Port Henry - Mineville is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Henry - Mineville who work in healthcare suport services (14.93%), management occupations (8.63%), and sales jobs (8.03%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Port Henry - Mineville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Also of interest is that Port Henry - Mineville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Port Henry - Mineville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.19% 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.
One downside of living in Port Henry - Mineville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Port Henry - Mineville, the average commute to work is 33.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Port Henry - Mineville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Port Henry - Mineville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.07% of adults in Port Henry - Mineville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Port Henry - Mineville in 2022 was $29,737, 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 $118,948 for a family of four. However, Port Henry - Mineville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Port Henry - Mineville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Henry - Mineville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Port Henry - Mineville include Italian, French, English, Polish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Port Henry - Mineville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
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.
Of particular note, 5.7% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.1% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in New York, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in New York.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more British and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry and 14.2% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.9% 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 96.0% 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 Port Henry - Mineville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.8% 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, 43.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 21.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 14.5% in manufacturing and laborer 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 87.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, French and Spanish.
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 Port Henry - Mineville, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (19.6%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report English roots (13.1%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.7%), along with some German ancestry residents (9.9%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (74.7%) 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 (14.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.