Pawling is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,070 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pawling is the 598th largest community in New York.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.01% 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.

Despite being a small village, Pawling 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 Pawling ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Pawling, 40.86% 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 Pawling in 2022 was $51,682, 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 $206,728 for a family of four. However, Pawling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pawling is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pawling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pawling residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pawling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.21% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pawling include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Pawling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.