Schuyler Lake is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 189 people and just one neighborhood, Schuyler Lake is the 967th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Schuyler Lake was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Schuyler Lake isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Schuyler Lake are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Schuyler Lake is a town of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schuyler Lake who work in healthcare (17.39%), management occupations (17.39%), and office and administrative support (8.70%).
Another notable thing is that Schuyler Lake is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Overall, Schuyler Lake’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, Schuyler Lake has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Schuyler Lake a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Schuyler Lake is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Schuyler Lake, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Schuyler Lake is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Schuyler Lake has a very low overall level of education: only 8.57% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Schuyler Lake in 2022 was $21,370, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,480 for a family of four. However, Schuyler Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Schuyler Lake is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Schuyler Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schuyler Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Schuyler Lake include Irish, German, English, African, and Dutch.
Schuyler Lake also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.51%.
The most common language spoken in Schuyler Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Russian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Schuyler Lake, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.0% of America.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.9% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of New York. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 5.1% have Hungarian ancestry.
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 Schuyler Lake are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.2% of America'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, 37.8% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.9%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households.
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 Schuyler Lake, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (24.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.6%), along with some Hungarian ancestry residents (5.1%), 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 (32.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.5%) 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 (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.