Wilson is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,219 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wilson is the 713th largest community in New York. Wilson has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wilson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wilson is a village of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilson who work in office and administrative support (10.13%), management occupations (9.94%), and business and financial occupations (9.02%). Also of interest is that Wilson 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: 15.94% 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. Being a small village, Wilson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Wilson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.86% of adults in Wilson have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wilson in 2022 was $34,610, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,440 for a family of four. However, Wilson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wilson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wilson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilson residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Wilson include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Wilson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
