Penn Yan is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,075 people and three associated neighborhoods, Penn Yan is the 322nd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Penn Yan was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Penn Yan is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Penn Yan is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Penn Yan who work in sales jobs (11.20%), maintenance occupations (9.91%), and teaching (8.07%). Being a small village, Penn Yan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Penn Yan are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.99% of adults in Penn Yan having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Penn Yan in 2022 was $31,658, 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 $126,632 for a family of four. However, Penn Yan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Penn Yan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Penn Yan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Penn Yan include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Penn Yan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
