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Seeley Lake, MT

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Overview


Seeley Lake is a very small town located in the state of Montana. With a population of 1,682 people and just one neighborhood, Seeley Lake is the 66th largest community in Montana.

Occupations and Workforce

Seeley Lake is a blue-collar town, with 44.44% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Seeley Lake is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seeley Lake who work in management occupations (25.63%), office and administrative support (10.22%), and sales jobs (8.06%).

Of important note, Seeley Lake is also a town of artists. Seeley Lake has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Seeley Lake’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

Another notable thing is that Seeley Lake is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Seeley Lake’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

Because of many things, Seeley Lake is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Seeley Lake 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, Seeley Lake has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Seeley Lake’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Seeley Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Seeley Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Seeley Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Seeley Lake may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Seeley Lake spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.34 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, Seeley Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Seeley Lake are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.07% of adults in Seeley Lake having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Seeley Lake in 2018 was $34,990, which is upper middle income relative to Montana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,960 for a family of four. However, Seeley Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Seeley Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seeley Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Seeley Lake include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Seeley Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog 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 Seeley Lake, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 32.9% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 5.6% have Scottish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.3% 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 Seeley Lake are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.2% 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 67.2% of America'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, 36.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 33.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 12.8% 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 94.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).

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 Seeley Lake, MT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report English roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (68.2%) 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 (9.6%) and 5.7% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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