Caneadea is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,932 people and just one neighborhood, Caneadea is the 604th largest community in New York.
When you are in Caneadea, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.03% of Caneadea’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Caneadea is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Caneadea who work in teaching (13.41%), sales jobs (11.31%), and management occupations (7.87%).
Another notable thing is that Caneadea is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
As is often the case in a small town, Caneadea doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Caneadea are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.19% of adults in Caneadea having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Caneadea in 2022 was $30,072, 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 $120,288 for a family of four. However, Caneadea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Caneadea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Caneadea residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Caneadea include German, English, Irish, Pennsylvania German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Caneadea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Caneadea, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 58.4% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.3%) than in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 8.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Caneadea are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Caneadea, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (67.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (22.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.