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Duchesne, UT

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Overview


Duchesne is a very small city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 1,623 people and just one neighborhood, Duchesne is the 132nd largest community in Utah.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Duchesne is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.94% of the Duchesne workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Duchesne is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Duchesne who work in management occupations (11.54%), office and administrative support (10.74%), and sales jobs (7.82%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

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

Demographics

The population of Duchesne has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.91% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Duchesne in 2018 was $24,416, which is low income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,664 for a family of four. However, Duchesne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Duchesne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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 Duchesne, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 2 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.2% of America.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 55.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.3%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 34.8% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 5.6% have Danish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Duchesne are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.8% 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, 32.1% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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 Duchesne, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (34.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (6.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (11.4%) . 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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