Hornell is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,078 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hornell is the 212th largest community in New York. Hornell has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Hornell is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hornell is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hornell who work in sales jobs (10.90%), office and administrative support (10.42%), and teaching (8.89%). Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.38 minutes getting to work every day.The population of Hornell overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Hornell, 21.86% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hornell in 2022 was $29,000, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,000 for a family of four. However, Hornell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hornell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hornell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hornell include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Hornell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and French.
