Arcade is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,940 people and two associated neighborhoods, Arcade is the 611th largest community in New York.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Arcade is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arcade is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arcade who work in teaching (16.64%), sales jobs (9.57%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.48%). Arcade 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 Arcade citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.54% of adults 25 and older in Arcade have a college degree. The per capita income in Arcade in 2022 was $38,065, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,260 for a family of four. However, Arcade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Arcade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arcade residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Arcade include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Arcade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Laotian.
