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Truxton, NY

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Overview


Truxton is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 976 people and just one neighborhood, Truxton is the 762nd largest community in New York.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Truxton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.26% of the Truxton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Truxton is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Truxton who work in management occupations (12.61%), teaching (11.03%), and office and administrative support (5.01%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Truxton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Truxton 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, Truxton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The overall education level of Truxton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.65% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Truxton in 2022 was $40,553, 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 $162,212 for a family of four. However, Truxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Truxton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Truxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Truxton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Truxton include English, Irish, German, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Truxton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

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 23 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.1% of America.

The Neighbors

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 Truxton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.6% 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, 36.2% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 16.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Truxton, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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