Pawling is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,987 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pawling is the 598th largest community in New York. Pawling has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Pawling is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pawling is a village of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pawling who work in office and administrative support (11.47%), management occupations (11.29%), and food service (10.66%). Also of interest is that Pawling has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Pawling, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.95 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In Pawling, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Pawling is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The population of Pawling is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.87% of adults in Pawling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Pawling in 2022 was $47,313, 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 $189,252 for a family of four. However, Pawling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pawling is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pawling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pawling residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pawling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.13% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pawling include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Swedish. Pawling also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.29%. The most common language spoken in Pawling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
