Coram is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 40,220 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Coram is the 26th largest community in New York. Housing costs in Coram are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Coram is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coram is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coram who work in office and administrative support (12.95%), management occupations (12.73%), and healthcare (10.26%). Also of interest is that Coram has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One downside of living in Coram is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Coram, the average commute to work is 32.68 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. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Coram use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Coram‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The overall education level of Coram citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.41% of adults in Coram have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Coram in 2022 was $46,480, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $185,920 for a family of four. However, Coram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Coram is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coram residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coram also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coram include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Russian. Coram also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.12%. The most common language spoken in Coram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
