Painted Post is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,742 people and two associated neighborhoods, Painted Post is the 633rd largest community in New York.Painted Post is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 91.21% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Painted Post is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Painted Post who work in management occupations (17.35%), sales jobs (14.68%), and teaching (11.01%). Also of interest is that Painted Post has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.29% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One of the benefits of Painted Post is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.58 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Painted Post is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Painted Post ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Painted Post, 45.50% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Painted Post in 2022 was $59,415, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $237,660 for a family of four. However, Painted Post contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Painted Post home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Painted Post residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Painted Post include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Painted Post is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Langs. of India.
