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Alcova, WY

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Overview


Alcova is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 34 people and just one neighborhood, Alcova is the 72nd largest community in Wyoming. Much of the housing stock in Alcova was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Alcova economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Alcova, where the median household income is .

Alcova home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wyoming, but Alcova real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Alcova, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.24% of Alcova’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alcova is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alcova who work in office and administrative support (44.12%), personal care services (17.65%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 82.35% 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

Alcova’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Alcova has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alcova a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Alcova, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The education level of Alcova citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.05% of adults 25 and older in Alcova have a college degree.

The per capita income in Alcova in 2018 was $44,527, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $178,108 for a family of four.

The people who call Alcova home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alcova residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Alcova include English, German, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Alcova is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and German/Yiddish.

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

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, of particular note, 9.5% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

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 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 45.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 1.2% have Canadian 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 Alcova are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 48.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 18.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.4%), and 15.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).

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 Alcova, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.2%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.5%) 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 (7.8%) . 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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