Maybrook is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,132 people and just one neighborhood, Maybrook is the 462nd largest community in New York.
Unlike some villages, Maybrook isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Maybrook are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Maybrook is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maybrook who work in office and administrative support (20.48%), sales jobs (8.69%), and management occupations (8.25%).
Also of interest is that Maybrook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.85% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Maybrook’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Maybrook, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.17 minutes every day commuting to work.
The population of Maybrook overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Maybrook, 21.26% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Maybrook in 2022 was $42,387, 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 $169,548 for a family of four. However, Maybrook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Maybrook is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Maybrook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maybrook residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Maybrook also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.09% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Maybrook include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and English.
Maybrook also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.54%.
The most common language spoken in Maybrook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 88.1% of the neighborhoods in NY. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 13.2% have Polish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Maybrook are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 28.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.0%), and 20.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Maybrook, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (23.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report Polish roots (13.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (12.8%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (11.4%), among others. In addition, 11.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.