Hadley is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,124 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hadley is the 734th largest community in New York.Hadley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hadley is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hadley who work in office and administrative support (13.10%), management occupations (11.51%), and food service (9.52%). A relatively large number of people in Hadley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.01% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Hadley 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. Hadley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hadley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hadley may be for you. Hadley 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 citizens of Hadley are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.70% of adults in Hadley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Hadley in 2022 was $32,921, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,684 for a family of four. However, Hadley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hadley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hadley residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hadley include English, Irish, French, Italian, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Hadley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
