Painted Post is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,721 people and two associated neighborhoods, Painted Post is the 633rd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Painted Post was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Also of interest is that Painted Post 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 Painted Post telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.84% 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.

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

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Painted Post spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.78 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.

Painted Post is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Painted Post citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.51% of adults in Painted Post have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Painted Post in 2022 was $50,491, 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 $201,964 for a family of four. However, Painted Post contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Painted Post is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Langs. of India.