Parish is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 445 people and just one neighborhood, Parish is the 905th largest community in New York. Parish 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, Parish is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Parish is a village of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Parish who work in healthcare suport services (10.15%), office and administrative support (9.40%), and art, media, and design (9.40%).
Of important note, Parish is also a village of artists. Parish has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Parish’s character.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.33% 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.
Residents will find that the village 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, Parish is worth considering.
One downside of living in Parish is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Parish, the average commute to work is 35.48 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small village, Parish doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Parish are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.08% of adults in Parish have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Parish in 2022 was $37,339, 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 $149,356 for a family of four. However, Parish contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Parish is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Parish home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Parish residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Parish include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Parish is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Parish, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Significantly, 7.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Parish are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.8% 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 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.9%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Parish, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report English roots (14.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (6.1%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (76.8%) 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 (13.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.