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Melbeta, NE

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Overview


Melbeta is a tiny village located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 110 people and just one neighborhood, Melbeta is the 208th largest community in Nebraska. Much of the housing stock in Melbeta was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Melbeta, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.50% of Melbeta’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Melbeta is a village of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Melbeta who work in healthcare suport services (15.91%), teaching (12.50%), and office and administrative support (11.36%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 46.59% 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

Overall, Melbeta’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Melbeta 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. Melbeta has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Melbeta than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Melbeta may be for you.

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.39 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small village, Melbeta doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Melbeta has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.46% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Melbeta in 2018 was $25,245, which is low income relative to Nebraska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,980 for a family of four.

Melbeta is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Melbeta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Melbeta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Melbeta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.47% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Melbeta include German, Irish, French, English, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Melbeta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

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

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 5 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 5.9% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 Melbeta are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 23.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.9% of U.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, 32.5% 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.4%), and 15.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.8%).

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 Melbeta, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.3%) 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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