Painted Post is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,721 people and two associated neighborhoods, Painted Post is the 633rd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Painted Post was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Painted Post is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 91.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Painted Post is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Painted Post who work in management occupations (19.06%), teaching (15.50%), and sales jobs (15.38%). Also of interest is that Painted Post 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 Painted Post telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.59% 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. Overall, Painted Post’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Painted Post spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small village, Painted Post doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Painted Post are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.04% of adults in Painted Post have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Painted Post in 2022 was $52,681, 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 $210,724 for a family of four. However, Painted Post contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Painted Post home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Painted Post residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Painted Post include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Painted Post is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Langs. of India.
