About Chattaroy

Chattaroy is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,725 people and just one neighborhood, Chattaroy is the 136th largest community in Washington.

Chattaroy is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chattaroy is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Chattaroy who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.93%), management occupations (8.46%), and sales jobs (7.47%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 11.05% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in Chattaroy is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Chattaroy, the average commute to work is 38.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Chattaroy is a very car-oriented town. 98.26% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Chattaroy 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. Chattaroy has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Chattaroy 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.

Chattaroy Information and Demographics

The education level of Chattaroy citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 15.33% of adults 25 and older in Chattaroy have a college degree.

The per capita income in Chattaroy in 2000 was $18,786, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,144 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Chattaroy is English.