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!) Queensbury 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. Queensbury has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Queensbury than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Queensbury may be for you.
The population of Queensbury 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: 39.11% of adults in Queensbury have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Queensbury in 2022 was $51,716, 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 $206,864 for a family of four. However, Queensbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Queensbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Queensbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Queensbury include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Queensbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
