Wurtsboro is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,086 people and three associated neighborhoods, Wurtsboro is the 734th largest community in New York.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wurtsboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.09% of the Wurtsboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wurtsboro is a village of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wurtsboro who work in office and administrative support (14.04%), management occupations (10.40%), and teaching (7.80%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.71% 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. Wurtsboro is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Wurtsboro is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.76% of adults in Wurtsboro have a college degree. The per capita income in Wurtsboro in 2022 was $44,039, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,156 for a family of four. However, Wurtsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wurtsboro is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wurtsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wurtsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wurtsboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.07% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wurtsboro include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Wurtsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
