Livingston Manor is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,053 people and just one neighborhood, Livingston Manor is the 750th largest community in New York. Livingston Manor 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, Livingston Manor isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Livingston Manor are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Livingston Manor is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Livingston Manor who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (14.14%), sales jobs (12.85%), and healthcare (12.34%).
Also of interest is that Livingston Manor 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 Livingston Manor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.46% 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.
Overall, Livingston Manor’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Livingston Manor is worth considering.
Livingston Manor is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Livingston Manor citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.95% of adults 25 and older in Livingston Manor have a college degree.
The per capita income in Livingston Manor in 2022 was $28,733, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,932 for a family of four. However, Livingston Manor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Livingston Manor is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Livingston Manor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Livingston Manor residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Livingston Manor include German, Irish, Brazilian, Ukrainian, and Polish.
In addition, Livingston Manor has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.05%).
The most common language spoken in Livingston Manor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Livingston Manor neighborhood.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 31.7%, which is higher than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 2.8% have Brazilian 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 Livingston Manor are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.9%), and 12.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Livingston Manor, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.2%), and residents who report English roots (15.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.4%), along with some Austrian ancestry residents (7.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (7.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.