Suffern is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 11,338 people and five associated neighborhoods, Suffern is the 166th largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Suffern are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

Also of interest is that Suffern has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.03% 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.

One downside of living in Suffern is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Suffern, the average commute to work is 31.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Suffern is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.52% of adults in Suffern have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Suffern in 2022 was $49,566, 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 $198,264 for a family of four. However, Suffern contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Suffern is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Suffern home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Suffern residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Suffern also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.78% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Suffern include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and Haitian.

Suffern also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.77%.

The most common language spoken in Suffern is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.