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Gas City, IN

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Overview


Gas City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 6,076 people and just one neighborhood, Gas City is the 113th largest community in Indiana. Gas City has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Gas City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gas City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gas City is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gas City who work in sales jobs (15.74%), office and administrative support (14.50%), and management occupations (7.87%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Gas City is a small city, 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, Gas City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.29% of adults 25 and older in Gas City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gas City in 2018 was $27,670, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,680 for a family of four. However, Gas City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Gas City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 Gas City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 29.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.9%), and 21.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.

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 Gas City, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Mexican roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.

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 (43.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.0%) 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 (9.4%) . 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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