Lagrangeville is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,281 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lagrangeville is the 213th largest community in New York.
Housing costs in Lagrangeville are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.
Also of interest is that Lagrangeville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Lagrangeville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.06% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Lagrangeville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lagrangeville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lagrangeville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Lagrangeville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lagrangeville, the average commute to work is 34.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Despite being a small town, Lagrangeville has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Lagrangeville ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Lagrangeville, 44.96% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Lagrangeville in 2022 was $54,776, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $219,104 for a family of four. However, Lagrangeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lagrangeville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lagrangeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lagrangeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lagrangeville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lagrangeville include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Lagrangeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.