About Davenport

Davenport is a tiny town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 456 people and just one neighborhood, Davenport is the 106th largest community in North Dakota.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Davenport is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.8% of the Davenport workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Davenport is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Davenport who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.45%), sales jobs (10.55%), and teaching (5.86%).

Because of many things, Davenport is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Davenport a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Davenport has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Davenport's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Davenport is a very car-oriented town. 99.16% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Davenport is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Davenport has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Davenport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Davenport Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Davenport who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.29% of the adults in Davenport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Davenport in 2000 was $21,369, which is wealthy relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,476 for a family of four. Davenport also has one of the lowest poverty rates in America, with just 0% of the people in Davenport living in poverty.

The people who call Davenport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Davenport is White, followed by Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Davenport include German, Norwegian, English, Swedish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Davenport is English. Some people also speak Spanish.