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Sparrow Bush, NY

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Overview


Sparrow Bush is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 981 people and just one neighborhood, Sparrow Bush is the 764th largest community in New York. Sparrow Bush has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sparrow Bush is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sparrow Bush is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sparrow Bush who work in office and administrative support (32.18%), sales jobs (12.84%), and management occupations (10.92%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Sparrow Bush has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Sparrow Bush is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sparrow Bush, the average commute to work is 31.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Sparrow Bush are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.56% of adults in Sparrow Bush having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sparrow Bush in 2022 was $37,623, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,492 for a family of four. However, Sparrow Bush contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sparrow Bush is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sparrow Bush home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sparrow Bush residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sparrow Bush include German, Dutch, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Sparrow Bush is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (26.6%) than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 4.9% have Haitian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sparrow Bush are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 79.6% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 30.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.3%), and 13.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (13.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Sparrow Bush, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (8.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (68.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (26.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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