Pittsford is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,342 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Pittsford is the 689th largest community in New York. Pittsford has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.Pittsford is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 92.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pittsford is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pittsford who work in management occupations (17.73%), teaching (17.18%), and business and financial occupations (9.91%). Also of interest is that Pittsford 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: 26.58% 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. In addition, Pittsford is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums. Because of many things, Pittsford is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pittsford really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pittsford perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Pittsford 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.If knowledge is power, Pittsford is a pretty powerful place. 78.59% of the adults in Pittsford have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Pittsford in 2022 was $64,365, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $257,460 for a family of four. Pittsford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pittsford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pittsford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pittsford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.98% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pittsford include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Pittsford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
