Idaville - Burnettsville is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,668 people and just one neighborhood, Idaville - Burnettsville is the 197th largest community in Indiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Idaville - Burnettsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.49% of the Idaville - Burnettsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Idaville - Burnettsville is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Idaville - Burnettsville who work in sales jobs (6.98%), management occupations (6.89%), and office and administrative support (6.47%).
Because of many things, Idaville - Burnettsville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Idaville - Burnettsville 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, Idaville - Burnettsville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Idaville - Burnettsville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Idaville - Burnettsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Idaville - Burnettsville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.39% of adults in Idaville - Burnettsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Idaville - Burnettsville in 2018 was $28,510, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,040 for a family of four. However, Idaville - Burnettsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Idaville - Burnettsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Idaville - Burnettsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Idaville - Burnettsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Idaville - Burnettsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Idaville - Burnettsville include German, Irish, English, French Canadian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Idaville - Burnettsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 1.5% have Swiss ancestry.
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 Idaville - Burnettsville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.8% 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, 40.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 8.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.3%).
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 Idaville - Burnettsville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.8%), and residents who report English roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.1%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.2%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.