Gasport is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,296 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gasport is the 706th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Gasport was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Gasport is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gasport is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gasport who work in office and administrative support (19.02%), healthcare (16.49%), and sales jobs (8.78%). Because of many things, Gasport is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Gasport a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Gasport has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Gasport’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gasport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gasport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gasport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gasport may be for you. One downside of living in Gasport, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.28 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Gasport doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Gasport is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.32% of adults in Gasport have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Gasport in 2022 was $38,222, 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 $152,888 for a family of four. However, Gasport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Gasport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gasport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gasport include German, Polish, Scottish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Gasport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
