Springwater is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 518 people and two associated neighborhoods, Springwater is the 874th largest community in New York.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Springwater is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.07% of the Springwater workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Springwater is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Springwater who work in management occupations (14.69%), community and social services (9.04%), and maintenance occupations (7.91%). Overall, Springwater’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Springwater has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Springwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Springwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Springwater may be for you. One downside of living in Springwater is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Springwater, the average commute to work is 31.40 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Springwater does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Springwater ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.04% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Springwater in 2022 was $27,943, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,772 for a family of four. However, Springwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Springwater also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.38% of its population below the federal poverty line.Springwater is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Springwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Springwater include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Finnish. The most common language spoken in Springwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
