Vestal is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 31,517 people and five associated neighborhoods, Vestal is the 49th largest community in New York.Vestal is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.65% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vestal is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vestal who work in teaching (12.30%), management occupations (10.30%), and sales jobs (9.05%). Also of interest is that Vestal 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: 12.12% 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 addition, Vestal is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Vestal culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Vestal really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Vestal every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Vestal. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Vestal benefits directly from this. One of the benefits of Vestal is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.86 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Vestal are among the most well-educated in the nation: 45.00% of adults in Vestal have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Vestal in 2022 was $38,782, 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 $155,128 for a family of four. However, Vestal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vestal is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vestal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vestal residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vestal include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Vestal is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Langs. of India.
