Hoosick Falls is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,151 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hoosick Falls is the 453rd largest community in New York. Hoosick Falls has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Hoosick Falls is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hoosick Falls is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hoosick Falls who work in healthcare (13.24%), healthcare suport services (10.93%), and office and administrative support (10.67%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.47% 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. In Hoosick Falls, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.55 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small village, Hoosick Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Hoosick Falls are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.39% of adults in Hoosick Falls having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hoosick Falls in 2022 was $29,616, 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 $118,464 for a family of four. However, Hoosick Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hoosick Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hoosick Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hoosick Falls include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Hoosick Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
