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St. Francis - Bird City, KS

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Overview


St. Francis - Bird City is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 2,583 people and just one neighborhood, St. Francis - Bird City is the 137th largest community in Kansas. St. Francis - Bird City has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, St. Francis - Bird City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Francis - Bird City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Francis - Bird City is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Francis - Bird City who work in management occupations (20.25%), office and administrative support (11.37%), and teaching (7.17%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.27% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of St. Francis - Bird City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.28 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small town, St. Francis - Bird City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of St. Francis - Bird City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in St. Francis - Bird City, 22.21% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in St. Francis - Bird City in 2018 was $34,829, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,316 for a family of four. However, St. Francis - Bird City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in St. Francis - Bird City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 St. Francis - Bird City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 98.9% of America.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.5% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 64.7% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in St. Francis - Bird City 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 KS, 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 86.0% of the neighborhoods in Kansas. If you are considering retiring to Kansas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.7% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.9% have Portuguese ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in St. Francis - Bird City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 39.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.3%), and 16.3% 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 92.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 St. Francis - Bird City, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.8%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (64.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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