Oriskany Falls is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 645 people and just one neighborhood, Oriskany Falls is the 834th largest community in New York. Oriskany Falls has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages, Oriskany Falls isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Oriskany Falls are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oriskany Falls is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oriskany Falls who work in healthcare (15.77%), office and administrative support (11.99%), and sales jobs (7.26%).
Of important note, Oriskany Falls is also a village of artists. Oriskany Falls has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Oriskany Falls’s character.
Also of interest is that Oriskany Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The population of Oriskany Falls overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Oriskany Falls, 22.56% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Oriskany Falls in 2022 was $46,610, 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 $186,440 for a family of four. However, Oriskany Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oriskany Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oriskany Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oriskany Falls include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Oriskany Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Iranian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry and 3.5% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.1% 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 97.5% 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 Oriskany Falls are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.6% 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, 39.2% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 12.0% 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 92.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Polish, German/Yiddish and Spanish.
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 Oriskany Falls, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report English roots (17.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.8%) 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 (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.