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Wakefield - Allen, NE

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Overview


Wakefield - Allen is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 3,128 people and just one neighborhood, Wakefield - Allen is the 69th largest community in Nebraska. Much of the housing stock in Wakefield - Allen was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Wakefield - Allen, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.56% of Wakefield - Allen’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wakefield - Allen is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wakefield - Allen who work in office and administrative support (11.46%), management occupations (10.56%), and maintenance occupations (7.70%).

Also of interest is that Wakefield - Allen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.74% 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

Wakefield - Allen is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Wakefield - Allen is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.69% of adults 25 and older in Wakefield - Allen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wakefield - Allen in 2018 was $27,956, 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 $111,824 for a family of four. However, Wakefield - Allen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wakefield - Allen is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wakefield - Allen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wakefield - Allen residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Wakefield - Allen also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wakefield - Allen include German, Irish, Swedish, English, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Wakefield - Allen 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.

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 96.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 38.6% 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 Wakefield - Allen are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.5% 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, 30.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.7%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (20.5%).

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 Wakefield - Allen, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (16.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (7.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.9%), among others. In addition, 12.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (42.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (9.7%) and 7.4% 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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