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Glenrock, WY

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Overview


Glenrock is a very small town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 2,417 people and just one neighborhood, Glenrock is the 30th largest community in Wyoming.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Glenrock is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.13% of the Glenrock workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Glenrock is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenrock who work in office and administrative support (19.86%), teaching (9.63%), and management occupations (8.88%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Glenrock with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.88% of adults in Glenrock have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Glenrock in 2018 was $28,514, which is lower middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,056 for a family of four. However, Glenrock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Glenrock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenrock residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Glenrock include German, Irish, English, Hungarian, and Norwegian.

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

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 2.9% have Welsh 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 Glenrock are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.1% 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, 38.4% 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 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.2%), and 13.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

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 Glenrock, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Hungarian ancestry (4.2%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (40.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (16.9%) . 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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