Pomona is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,961 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pomona is the 397th largest community in New York. Pomona home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Pomona real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Pomona is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pomona is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pomona who work in management occupations (14.44%), sales jobs (10.93%), and teaching (9.88%). Also of interest is that Pomona 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 Pomona telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.95% 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. Because of many things, Pomona is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pomona really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pomona perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. In Pomona, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.53 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. Despite being a small village, Pomona has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Pomona. 56.93% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Pomona in 2022 was $54,209, 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 $216,836 for a family of four. Pomona is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pomona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pomona residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pomona also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.21% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pomona include Polish, Hungarian, Jamaican, Russian, and Portuguese. In addition, Pomona has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.22%). The most common language spoken in Pomona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
