Pine Valley is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 832 people and just one neighborhood, Pine Valley is the 794th largest community in New York.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pine Valley is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.73% of the Pine Valley workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pine Valley is a town of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Valley who work in farm management occupations (20.00%), office and administrative support (16.82%), and teaching (10.45%).
In addition, many people in Pine Valley have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
The overall crime rate in Pine Valley is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Pine Valley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Pine Valley, just 12.92% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Pine Valley in 2022 was $19,830, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,320 for a family of four. Pine Valley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.12% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Pine Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Valley residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pine Valley include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Pine Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.9% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of New York. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.
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 Pine Valley are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.1% 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 60.6% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.6%), and 15.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.0%).
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 Pine Valley, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.7%) 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 (15.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.