Gasport is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,296 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gasport is the 706th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Gasport was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Gasport is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gasport is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gasport who work in office and administrative support (19.02%), healthcare (16.49%), and sales jobs (8.78%). Because of many things, Gasport is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Gasport really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Gasport perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. 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, Gasport is worth considering. One downside of living in Gasport is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gasport, the average commute to work is 30.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Gasport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Gasport are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.32% of adults in Gasport have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Gasport in 2022 was $38,222, 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 $152,888 for a family of four. However, Gasport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Gasport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gasport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gasport include German, Polish, Scottish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Gasport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
