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McCleary, WA

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Overview


McCleary is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 2,040 people and just one neighborhood, McCleary is the 219th largest community in Washington.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in McCleary, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.50% of McCleary’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, McCleary is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McCleary who work in office and administrative support (8.62%), business and financial occupations (6.98%), and computer science and math (6.54%).

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

A relatively large number of people in McCleary telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.42% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 McCleary is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In McCleary, the average commute to work is 31.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The citizens of McCleary are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.87% of adults in McCleary have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in McCleary in 2018 was $28,827, which is lower middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,308 for a family of four. However, McCleary contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

McCleary is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call McCleary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McCleary residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. McCleary also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in McCleary include German, English, Irish, French, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in McCleary 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

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Diversity

Significantly, 0.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 McCleary are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.3% 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 66.9% 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, 40.1% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.4%), and 14.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

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 95.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish and Polish.

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 McCleary, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (34.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (64.7%) 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 (8.5%) . 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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