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David City, NE

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Overview


David City is a very small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 3,015 people and just one neighborhood, David City is the 82nd largest community in Nebraska.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, David City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in David City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, David City is a city of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in David City who work in teaching (10.53%), management occupations (9.43%), and office and administrative support (8.53%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, David City is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making David City 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 city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, David City has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, David City’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Being a small city, David City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of David City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.49% of adults in David City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in David City in 2018 was $34,315, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,260 for a family of four. However, David City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in David City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.

People

If you are planning to retire in Nebraska, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Nebraska, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 96.4% of neighborhoods in NE. If a Nebraska retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 2.7% have Danish 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 David City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.7% 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 65.7% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 34.2% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.9%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.2%).

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 David City, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Swedish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (46.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.6%) 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 (11.9%) and 5.8% 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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