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Galveston, IN

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Overview


Galveston is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,273 people and just one neighborhood, Galveston is the 298th largest community in Indiana. Galveston has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Galveston is a blue-collar town, with 38.21% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Galveston is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Galveston who work in sales jobs (15.54%), management occupations (11.14%), and office and administrative support (9.20%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Galveston 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.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Galveston is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.08% of adults 25 and older in Galveston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Galveston in 2018 was $29,149, 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 $116,596 for a family of four. However, Galveston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Galveston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Galveston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Galveston include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Galveston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Galveston is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.3% of the neighborhoods in Indiana. If you are considering retiring to Indiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 Galveston are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 71.6% of America'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, 39.4% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.6%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Galveston, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (91.1%) 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 (5.4%) . 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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