Oakfield - Elba is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,217 people and just one neighborhood, Oakfield - Elba is the 309th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Oakfield - Elba was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Oakfield - Elba isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Oakfield - Elba are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakfield - Elba is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakfield - Elba who work in management occupations (11.12%), office and administrative support (11.09%), and maintenance occupations (7.31%).
Being a small town, Oakfield - Elba does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Oakfield - Elba who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.83% of the adults in Oakfield - Elba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oakfield - Elba in 2022 was $31,558, 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 $126,232 for a family of four. However, Oakfield - Elba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oakfield - Elba is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oakfield - Elba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakfield - Elba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oakfield - Elba include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Oakfield - Elba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 1.2% have Canadian 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 Oakfield - Elba are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.6% 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 54.2% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 30.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.4%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.8%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Oakfield - Elba, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report English roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (11.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.0%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.