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Lind - Washtucna, WA

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Overview


Lind - Washtucna is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,808 people and just one neighborhood, Lind - Washtucna is the 226th largest community in Washington. Lind - Washtucna has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lind - Washtucna is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.37% of the Lind - Washtucna workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lind - Washtucna is a town of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lind - Washtucna who work in management occupations (12.11%), maintenance occupations (8.81%), and office and administrative support (7.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Lind - Washtucna, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.31 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Lind - Washtucna does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Lind - Washtucna who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.33% of adults in Lind - Washtucna have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lind - Washtucna in 2018 was $27,159, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,636 for a family of four. However, Lind - Washtucna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lind - Washtucna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lind - Washtucna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lind - Washtucna residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Lind - Washtucna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.99% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lind - Washtucna include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Lind - Washtucna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Lind - Washtucna, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 47.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

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 2 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 96.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav 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 Lind - Washtucna are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 40.5% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 8.6% 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 75.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Lind - Washtucna, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (28.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others. In addition, 10.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (38.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (12.1%) . 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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