In Patterson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite being a small town, Patterson has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Patterson are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.66% of adults in Patterson have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Patterson in 2022 was $42,556, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,224 for a family of four. However, Patterson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Patterson is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Patterson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Patterson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Patterson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.02% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Patterson include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Patterson's cultural character, accounting for 15.26% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Patterson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
