Geneva is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Geneva area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Geneva maintain a good economy.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.41 minutes getting to work every day.
In terms of college education, Geneva 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: 33.70% of adults in Geneva have a college degree.
The per capita income in Geneva in 2022 was $30,090, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,360 for a family of four. However, Geneva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Geneva is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Geneva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Geneva residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Geneva also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Geneva include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Geneva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
