Washingtonville is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,655 people and two associated neighborhoods, Washingtonville is the 288th largest community in New York.
Also of interest is that Washingtonville 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: 12.77% 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.
In Washingtonville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.08 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In Washingtonville, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Washingtonville is a relatively small village. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Washingtonville 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: 33.62% of adults in Washingtonville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Washingtonville in 2022 was $45,694, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,776 for a family of four.
Washingtonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Washingtonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Washingtonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Washingtonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.47% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Washingtonville include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Washingtonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.