East Durham is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 466 people and just one neighborhood, East Durham is the 898th largest community in New York.
When you are in East Durham, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 52.94% of East Durham’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, East Durham is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in East Durham who work in maintenance occupations (13.15%), business and financial occupations (10.03%), and sales jobs (5.19%).
Also of interest is that East Durham has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Another notable thing is that East Durham is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, East Durham’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, East Durham is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small town, East Durham doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, East Durham is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.05% of adults 25 and older in East Durham have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in East Durham in 2022 was $23,486, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,944 for a family of four. However, East Durham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
East Durham is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Durham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Durham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Durham include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in East Durham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
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 East Durham, 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 42.9% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.9% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 5.3% have Scottish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in East Durham are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 27.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.7%), and 15.4% 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 97.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in East Durham, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.3%), and residents who report English roots (15.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (9.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (29.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (64.6%) 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 (21.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.