Tarrytown is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 11,769 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tarrytown is the 158th largest community in New York. Tarrytown home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Tarrytown real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Tarrytown is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.93% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tarrytown is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tarrytown who work in management occupations (16.02%), business and financial occupations (9.80%), and office and administrative support (9.48%). Of important note, Tarrytown is also a village of artists. Tarrytown has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Tarrytown’s character. Also of interest is that Tarrytown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.60% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Tarrytown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In Tarrytown, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Tarrytown is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Tarrytown is a pretty powerful place. 64.54% of the adults in Tarrytown 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 Tarrytown in 2022 was $74,362, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $297,448 for a family of four. However, Tarrytown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tarrytown is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Tarrytown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tarrytown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tarrytown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.88% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tarrytown include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Russian. In addition, Tarrytown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.64%). The most common language spoken in Tarrytown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
