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Bylas - Peridot, AZ

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Overview


Bylas - Peridot is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 4,672 people and just one neighborhood, Bylas - Peridot is the 77th largest community in Arizona.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Bylas - Peridot isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bylas - Peridot are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bylas - Peridot is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bylas - Peridot who work in office and administrative support (15.92%), teaching (13.52%), and food service (7.52%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Bylas - Peridot, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.85 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The population of Bylas - Peridot has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.36% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Bylas - Peridot in 2018 was $11,929, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $47,716 for a family of four. However, Bylas - Peridot contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bylas - Peridot also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.88% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Bylas - Peridot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bylas - Peridot residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bylas - Peridot include Scottish, German, European, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

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 3 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.8% of America.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 96.6% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 5.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 11.5% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of all neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 90.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 31.8% 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 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bylas - Peridot are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 52.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 25.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.9%), and 22.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.2% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (31.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Bylas - Peridot, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (90.5%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (4.0%), and residents who report Scottish roots (3.0%).

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (11.5%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (16.1%) . 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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