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Gibbon - Shelton, NE

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Overview


Gibbon - Shelton is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 4,806 people and just one neighborhood, Gibbon - Shelton is the 42nd largest community in Nebraska.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gibbon - Shelton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.76% of the Gibbon - Shelton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gibbon - Shelton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gibbon - Shelton who work in office and administrative support (11.96%), sales jobs (10.52%), and management occupations (10.15%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small town, Gibbon - Shelton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Gibbon - Shelton citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.11% of adults in Gibbon - Shelton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gibbon - Shelton in 2018 was $29,865, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,460 for a family of four. However, Gibbon - Shelton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gibbon - Shelton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gibbon - Shelton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gibbon - Shelton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gibbon - Shelton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gibbon - Shelton include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Gibbon - Shelton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

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 95.5% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 21 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 0.6% have Czechoslovakian 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 Gibbon - Shelton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.1% 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 68.1% 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, 31.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 83.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (15.6%).

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 Gibbon - Shelton, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (11.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (10.8%) . 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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