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Gothenburg, NE

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Overview


Gothenburg is a very small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 3,405 people and just one neighborhood, Gothenburg is the 60th largest community in Nebraska.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Gothenburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gothenburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gothenburg is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gothenburg who work in management occupations (15.76%), sales jobs (11.17%), and office and administrative support (10.79%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One of the benefits of Gothenburg is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.88 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Gothenburg are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.04% of adults in Gothenburg having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gothenburg in 2018 was $40,707, which is wealthy relative to Nebraska, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,828 for a family of four. However, Gothenburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Gothenburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog 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.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 66.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 3.5% have Welsh 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 Gothenburg are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.1% 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 71.0% 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, 38.0% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.0%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) (2.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Gothenburg, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report Swedish roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.1%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 (66.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (83.2%) 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 (8.7%) . 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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