Campbell is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 659 people and just one neighborhood, Campbell is the 833rd largest community in New York.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Campbell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.29% of the Campbell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Campbell is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Campbell who work in community and social services (20.00%), management occupations (9.68%), and architecture and engineering (9.03%).
Also of interest is that Campbell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Campbell telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.03% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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!) Campbell 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. Campbell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Campbell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Campbell may be for you.
In terms of college education, Campbell is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.44% of adults 25 and older in Campbell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Campbell in 2022 was $25,605, 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 $102,420 for a family of four. However, Campbell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Campbell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Campbell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Campbell include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Campbell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.0% of all American neighborhoods.
Significantly, 8.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Campbell are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 8.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 97.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Campbell, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
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 (46.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.