Pitcher is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 664 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pitcher is the 831st largest community in New York.
Also of interest is that Pitcher has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pitcher has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pitcher has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pitcher than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pitcher may be for you.
In Pitcher, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Pitcher doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pitcher rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.65% of adults 25 and older in Pitcher have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Pitcher in 2022 was $29,209, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,836 for a family of four. However, Pitcher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pitcher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pitcher residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pitcher include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Pitcher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.