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Snowflake, AZ

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Overview


Snowflake is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 3,262 people and just one neighborhood, Snowflake is the 67th largest community in Arizona.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Snowflake is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Snowflake is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Snowflake who work in management occupations (15.18%), healthcare (14.61%), and office and administrative support (13.57%).

Also of interest is that Snowflake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The education level of Snowflake citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.87% of adults in Snowflake have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Snowflake in 2018 was $21,109, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,436 for a family of four. However, Snowflake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Snowflake is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Snowflake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Snowflake residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Snowflake include English, Irish, European, German, and African.

The most common language spoken in Snowflake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Snowflake, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 18 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.2% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 22.7% have English ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Snowflake are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% of U.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, 39.9% 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 22.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 17.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 91.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Native American languages, Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Snowflake, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (22.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report German roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (4.4%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (4.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (89.7%) 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 (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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