One downside of living in Washingtonville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.59 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
In Washingtonville, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Washingtonville is a relatively small village. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Washingtonville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.17% of adults in Washingtonville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Washingtonville in 2022 was $46,933, 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 $187,732 for a family of four. However, Washingtonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Washingtonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Washingtonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Washingtonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Washingtonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.95% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Washingtonville include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Washingtonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
