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.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pawling is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.62% 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. 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. Even though Pawling is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The citizens of Pawling are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Pawling's cultural character, accounting for 15.29% of the village’s population. The most common language spoken in Pawling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
