Swan Lake is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 372 people and just one neighborhood, Swan Lake is the 926th largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, Swan Lake isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Swan Lake are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Swan Lake is a town of service providers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Swan Lake who work in management occupations (22.68%), computer science and math (12.37%), and personal care services (10.31%).
Also of interest is that Swan Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Another notable thing is that Swan Lake is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Swan Lake’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
The overall crime rate in Swan Lake is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Swan Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Swan Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Swan Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Swan Lake may be for you.
One downside of living in Swan Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 41.11 minutes every day commuting to work.
Swan Lake is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Swan Lake is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Swan Lake has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Swan Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Swan Lake ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.91% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Swan Lake in 2022 was $29,141, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,564 for a family of four. However, Swan Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Swan Lake is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Swan Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Swan Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Swan Lake include Jamaican, Italian, Irish, Polish, and Austrian.
In addition, Swan Lake has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.26%).
The most common language spoken in Swan Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 51.2% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 13.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 89.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.1% have Austrian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% 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 Swan Lake are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.5% 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 59.9% of America'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, 45.0% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 13.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
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 85.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Greek, Italian and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Swan Lake, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report English roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.2%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (4.9%), among others. In addition, 12.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.6%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.