Gansevoort is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 14,415 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gansevoort is the 134th largest community in New York.Unlike some towns, Gansevoort isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gansevoort are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gansevoort is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gansevoort who work in office and administrative support (11.86%), management occupations (11.07%), and sales jobs (10.92%). Also of interest is that Gansevoort has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.76% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Gansevoort is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Gansevoort are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.68% of adults in Gansevoort have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Gansevoort in 2022 was $48,052, 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 $192,208 for a family of four. However, Gansevoort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Gansevoort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gansevoort residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gansevoort include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gansevoort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
