St. Johnsville is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,711 people and just one neighborhood, St. Johnsville is the 655th largest community in New York. St. Johnsville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Unlike some villages, St. Johnsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Johnsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Johnsville is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Johnsville who work in office and administrative support (14.07%), healthcare suport services (12.25%), and management occupations (9.98%).
The percentage of adults in St. Johnsville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.81% of adults in St. Johnsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Johnsville in 2022 was $23,400, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,600 for a family of four. However, St. Johnsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call St. Johnsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Johnsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in St. Johnsville include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in St. Johnsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 St. Johnsville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
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 St. Johnsville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 27.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.5%), and 18.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in St. Johnsville, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.4%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.7%) 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 (17.9%) and 5.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.