Westerlo is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,197 people and just one neighborhood, Westerlo is the 457th largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, Westerlo isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Westerlo are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Westerlo is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Westerlo who work in office and administrative support (19.50%), teaching (9.55%), and management occupations (9.41%).
Also of interest is that Westerlo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Westerlo telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.80% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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, Westerlo has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Westerlo a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Westerlo is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Westerlo, the average commute to work is 30.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Westerlo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Westerlo citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.42% of adults in Westerlo have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Westerlo in 2022 was $42,981, 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 $171,924 for a family of four. However, Westerlo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Westerlo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Westerlo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Westerlo include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Westerlo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Westerlo, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 28.0% have Irish 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 Westerlo are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.2% 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 63.5% 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, 32.3% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.5%), and 18.0% 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 96.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Westerlo, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (28.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (25.7%), and residents who report English roots (18.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (13.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (11.9%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (74.5%) 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 (12.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.