One downside of living in Pawling is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pawling, the average commute to work is 31.10 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Even though Pawling is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The population of Pawling is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.62% of adults in Pawling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pawling in 2022 was $51,844, 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 $207,376 for a family of four. However, Pawling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pawling is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pawling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pawling residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pawling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.00% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pawling include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Pawling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
