Marcy is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 650 people and two associated neighborhoods, Marcy is the 836th largest community in New York. Marcy has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Marcy, where the median household income is $64,500.00.Marcy is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.80% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Marcy is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marcy who work in management occupations (17.43%), office and administrative support (15.77%), and sales jobs (13.69%). Of important note, Marcy is also a town of artists. Marcy has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Marcy’s character. Also of interest is that Marcy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Overall, Marcy’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. One downside of living in Marcy, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.15 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Marcy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Marcy citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.80% of adults in Marcy have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Marcy in 2022 was $52,209, 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 $208,836 for a family of four. However, Marcy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Marcy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marcy residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Marcy include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Marcy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
