About Bristow

Bristow is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,095 people and just one neighborhood, Bristow is the 322nd largest community in Indiana.

Bristow is a blue-collar town, with 57.3% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Bristow is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bristow who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.64%), sales jobs (4.41%), and farm management (3.88%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Bristow, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.47 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Bristow is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Bristow isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Bristow Information and Demographics

The population of Bristow has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.14% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bristow in 2000 was $16,762, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,048 for a family of four.

The people who call Bristow home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bristow is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bristow include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Bristow is English. Some people also speak German.