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Westhope - Lansford, ND

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Overview


Westhope - Lansford is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 1,724 people and just one neighborhood, Westhope - Lansford is the 58th largest community in North Dakota.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Westhope - Lansford, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.58% of Westhope - Lansford’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Westhope - Lansford is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Westhope - Lansford who work in management occupations (20.56%), office and administrative support (9.21%), and sales jobs (7.34%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Westhope - Lansford is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Westhope - Lansford’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Westhope - Lansford are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.76% of adults in Westhope - Lansford having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Westhope - Lansford in 2018 was $40,562, which is upper middle income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,248 for a family of four. However, Westhope - Lansford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Westhope - Lansford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Westhope - Lansford residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Westhope - Lansford include Norwegian, German, English, Swedish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Westhope - Lansford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.

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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, the neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 95.2% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 41.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 7.9% have Swedish ancestry.

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 Westhope - Lansford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.3% 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 57.8% of America'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, 35.1% 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 34.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.8%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).

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 Westhope - Lansford, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Norwegian (41.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (35.1%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (7.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 (44.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (65.7%) 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 (19.3%) and 7.8% 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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