Big Flats is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,555 people and two associated neighborhoods, Big Flats is the 295th largest community in New York. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Big Flats, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Big Flats, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Big Flats’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Big Flats does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $89,286.00.Big Flats is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Big Flats is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Big Flats who work in sales jobs (14.87%), management occupations (12.44%), and office and administrative support (10.56%). Also of interest is that Big Flats has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Big Flats telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.00% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Because of many things, Big Flats is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Big Flats really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Big Flats perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Big Flats spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.55 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Big Flats does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Big Flats, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Big Flats is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.17% 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 Big Flats in 2022 was $57,406, 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 $229,624 for a family of four. However, Big Flats contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Big Flats home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Big Flats residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Big Flats include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Big Flats is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Langs. of India.
