Tuckahoe is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,984 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tuckahoe is the 249th largest community in New York.
Housing costs in Tuckahoe are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.
Also of interest is that Tuckahoe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 25.39% 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.
Overall, Tuckahoe’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One downside of living in Tuckahoe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tuckahoe, the average commute to work is 35.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Despite being a small village, Tuckahoe 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.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Tuckahoe, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Tuckahoe is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.04% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tuckahoe in 2022 was $64,644, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $258,576 for a family of four.
Tuckahoe is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Tuckahoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tuckahoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tuckahoe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.12% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tuckahoe include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, and English.
In addition, Tuckahoe has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.82%).
The most common language spoken in Tuckahoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.