New Windsor is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,882 people and six associated neighborhoods, New Windsor is the 203rd largest community in New York.
A relatively large number of people in New Windsor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.67% 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.
One downside of living in New Windsor is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In New Windsor, the average commute to work is 31.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
In New Windsor, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though New Windsor is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The overall education level of New Windsor citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.01% of adults in New Windsor have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in New Windsor in 2022 was $41,043, 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 $164,172 for a family of four. However, New Windsor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
New Windsor is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call New Windsor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Windsor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. New Windsor also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Windsor include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in New Windsor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.