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Deposit, NY
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Deposit profile


Living in Deposit


Deposit is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,413 people and two associated neighborhoods, Deposit is the 691st largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Deposit was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Of important note, Deposit is also a village of artists. Deposit has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Deposit’s character.

Also of interest is that Deposit 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: 16.39% 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.

Overall, Deposit’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Deposit has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Deposit has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Deposit than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Deposit may be for you.

Being a small village, Deposit does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Deposit rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.05% of adults 25 and older in Deposit have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Deposit in 2022 was $31,214, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,856 for a family of four. However, Deposit contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Deposit home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deposit residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Deposit include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Deposit is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.