One downside of living in Coram is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Coram, the average commute to work is 32.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Coram is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Coram area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
In terms of college education, Coram 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: 33.41% of adults in Coram have a college degree.
The per capita income in Coram in 2018 was $46,480, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $185,920 for a family of four. However, Coram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Coram is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coram residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coram also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coram include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Russian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Coram's cultural character, accounting for 16.12% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Coram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
