DeKalb Junction is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 485 people and just one neighborhood, DeKalb Junction is the 888th largest community in New York. DeKalb Junction has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
DeKalb Junction is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.92% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, DeKalb Junction is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in DeKalb Junction who work in food service (34.50%), healthcare (16.28%), and office and administrative support (10.85%).
Also of interest is that DeKalb Junction has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.91% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Overall, DeKalb Junction’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, DeKalb Junction has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes DeKalb Junction a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, DeKalb Junction doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In DeKalb Junction, just 12.14% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in DeKalb Junction in 2022 was $19,275, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,100 for a family of four. However, DeKalb Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call DeKalb Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of DeKalb Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in DeKalb Junction include German, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in DeKalb Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages 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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 19.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% 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 DeKalb Junction are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 37.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.0%), and 15.3% 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 80.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.
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 DeKalb Junction, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report German roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.1%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (16.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.