Truxton is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 976 people and just one neighborhood, Truxton is the 762nd largest community in New York.
Truxton is a blue-collar town, with 39.26% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Truxton is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Truxton who work in management occupations (12.61%), teaching (11.03%), and office and administrative support (5.01%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Truxton is worth considering.
Being a small town, Truxton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Truxton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.65% of adults in Truxton have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Truxton in 2022 was $40,553, 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 $162,212 for a family of four. However, Truxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Truxton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Truxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Truxton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Truxton include English, Irish, German, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Truxton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Truxton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 23 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Truxton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.6% of U.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, 36.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 16.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Truxton, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.