Painted Post is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,729 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.59% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.53 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small village, Painted Post does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Painted Post ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Painted Post, 43.04% 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 Painted Post in 2022 was $52,681, 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 $210,724 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.