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Davenport Center, NY

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Overview


Davenport Center is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 344 people and just one neighborhood, Davenport Center is the 938th largest community in New York. Davenport Center has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Davenport Center isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Davenport Center are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Davenport Center is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davenport Center who work in farm management occupations (25.00%), maintenance occupations (16.86%), and management occupations (15.70%).

Another important characteristic of Davenport Center is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Davenport Center has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Davenport Center a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Davenport Center is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Davenport Center, the average commute to work is 39.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Davenport Center doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Davenport Center citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.41% of adults in Davenport Center have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Davenport Center in 2022 was $28,081, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,324 for a family of four. However, Davenport Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Davenport Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Davenport Center residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Davenport Center include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Davenport Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Davenport Center, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Davenport Center is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NY, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.0% of the neighborhoods in New York. If you are considering retiring to New York, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 23.8% have Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Davenport Center are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 31.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.7%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Davenport Center, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (23.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.5%), and residents who report German roots (18.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (10.6%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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