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Cannon Ball - Selfridge, ND

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Overview


Cannon Ball - Selfridge is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 1,437 people and just one neighborhood, Cannon Ball - Selfridge is the 63rd largest community in North Dakota.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cannon Ball - Selfridge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cannon Ball - Selfridge is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cannon Ball - Selfridge who work in management occupations (24.65%), office and administrative support (12.21%), and personal care services (12.21%).

Also of interest is that Cannon Ball - Selfridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Cannon Ball - Selfridge telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.64% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

The overall crime rate in Cannon Ball - Selfridge is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Being a small town, Cannon Ball - Selfridge does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Cannon Ball - Selfridge is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.26% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cannon Ball - Selfridge in 2018 was $19,363, which is low income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,452 for a family of four. However, Cannon Ball - Selfridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cannon Ball - Selfridge also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.89% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Cannon Ball - Selfridge is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cannon Ball - Selfridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cannon Ball - Selfridge residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cannon Ball - Selfridge include German, Czechoslovakian, Norwegian, French, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cannon Ball - Selfridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in 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 95.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 73.6% have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Cannon Ball - Selfridge are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.6% 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, 39.4% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.3%), and 12.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.5% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (6.1%).

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 Cannon Ball - Selfridge, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (73.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.0%), and residents who report Czechoslovakian roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (4.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 (36.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (69.3%) 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 (10.6%) and 9.5% 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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