Port Byron is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,090 people and just one neighborhood, Port Byron is the 740th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Port Byron was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Port Byron, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.13% of Port Byron’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Port Byron is a village of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Byron who work in sales jobs (12.79%), office and administrative support (10.05%), and healthcare (5.02%).
The overall crime rate in Port Byron is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
As is often the case in a small village, Port Byron doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Port Byron, just 11.00% 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 Port Byron in 2022 was $24,995, 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 $99,980 for a family of four. However, Port Byron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Port Byron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Byron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Port Byron include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Port Byron 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.5% 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 97.7% 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 Port Byron are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.5% 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, 33.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.6%), and 11.2% 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 98.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Port Byron, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report English roots (13.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.9%), 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 (46.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.8%) 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 (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.