La Fargeville is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 537 people and just one neighborhood, La Fargeville is the 869th largest community in New York.
La Fargeville is a military town: the armed forces employs 6.31% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Manufacturing are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 27.46% and 19.69% of the civilian workforce respectively.
La Fargeville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
La Fargeville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in La Fargeville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.44% of adults in La Fargeville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in La Fargeville in 2022 was $16,058, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,232 for a family of four. La Fargeville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 46.04% of its population below the federal poverty line.
La Fargeville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call La Fargeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Fargeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Fargeville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in La Fargeville 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 La Fargeville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Furthermore, more people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 9.6% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 22.9% 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 99.8% 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 La Fargeville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 44.7% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 16.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
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 77.0% 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 La Fargeville, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dutch (19.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report German roots (16.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.9%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (9.6%), 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 (41.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.8%) 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 (10.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.