Petersburg is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,144 people and two associated neighborhoods, Petersburg is the 460th largest community in New York. Petersburg 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, Petersburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Petersburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Petersburg is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Petersburg who work in office and administrative support (10.66%), sales jobs (9.57%), and management occupations (9.25%). Also of interest is that Petersburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.24% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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!) Petersburg 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. Petersburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Petersburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Petersburg may be for you. One downside of living in Petersburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Petersburg, the average commute to work is 31.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Petersburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Petersburg are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.69% of adults in Petersburg having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Petersburg in 2022 was $38,404, 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 $153,616 for a family of four. However, Petersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Petersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Petersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Petersburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Petersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
