Central Square is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,852 people and three associated neighborhoods, Central Square is the 618th largest community in New York.Central Square is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Central Square is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Central Square who work in management occupations (16.70%), office and administrative support (12.91%), and teaching (9.42%). A relatively large number of people in Central Square telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.71% 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. Central Square is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Central Square citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.62% of adults in Central Square have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Central Square in 2022 was $48,114, 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 $192,456 for a family of four. However, Central Square contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Central Square home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Central Square residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Central Square include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Central Square is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Serbo-Croatian.
