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Grand Ronde - Falls City, OR

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Overview


Grand Ronde - Falls City is a somewhat small town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 6,664 people and just one neighborhood, Grand Ronde - Falls City is the 77th largest community in Oregon.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grand Ronde - Falls City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Ronde - Falls City is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Ronde - Falls City who work in management occupations (12.83%), sales jobs (12.54%), and teaching (6.80%).

Also of interest is that Grand Ronde - Falls City 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: 10.05% 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

One downside of living in Grand Ronde - Falls City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Grand Ronde - Falls City, the average commute to work is 31.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The education level of Grand Ronde - Falls City citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.36% of adults 25 and older in Grand Ronde - Falls City have a college degree.

The per capita income in Grand Ronde - Falls City in 2018 was $29,170, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,680 for a family of four. However, Grand Ronde - Falls City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Grand Ronde - Falls City is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grand Ronde - Falls City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Ronde - Falls City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Grand Ronde - Falls City include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Grand Ronde - Falls City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Grand Ronde - Falls City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Grand Ronde - Falls City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.6% 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, 36.3% 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 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.0%), and 9.6% 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 Italian (2.0%).

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 Grand Ronde - Falls City, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report English roots (13.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.7%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (5.5%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (70.7%) 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 (16.6%) . 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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