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.

Even though Pawling is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The citizens of Pawling are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.86% of adults in Pawling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's 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.