Ossining is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 26,895 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Ossining is the 58th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Ossining was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country. Housing costs in Ossining 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.Ossining is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ossining is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ossining who work in office and administrative support (9.55%), teaching (8.87%), and management occupations (8.81%). Also of interest is that Ossining has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.74% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Ossining is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ossining, the average commute to work is 33.88 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. For the size of the village, public transportation in Ossining is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Ossining, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of Ossining citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.44% of adults in Ossining have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Ossining in 2022 was $47,293, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $189,172 for a family of four. However, Ossining contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ossining is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Ossining home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Ossining, accounting for 48.24% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ossining residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ossining include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Jamaican. In addition, Ossining has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.01%). The most common language spoken in Ossining is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
