Rosendale is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,285 people and just one neighborhood, Rosendale is the 709th largest community in New York. Rosendale has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Rosendale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rosendale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rosendale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rosendale who work in management occupations (14.63%), office and administrative support (13.33%), and maintenance occupations (7.41%).
Of important note, Rosendale is also a town of artists. Rosendale has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rosendale’s character.
Also of interest is that Rosendale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rosendale has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rosendale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rosendale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rosendale may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Rosendale doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Rosendale are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.75% of adults in Rosendale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rosendale in 2022 was $39,445, 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 $157,780 for a family of four. However, Rosendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rosendale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rosendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rosendale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rosendale include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Rosendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Japanese.
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 Rosendale, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in New York, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in New York.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 24.2% have Irish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rosendale are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 45.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.0%), and 7.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.2%).
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 Rosendale, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (24.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.1%), and residents who report Italian roots (17.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.0%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.