Healy - Cantwell is a very small town located in the state of Alaska. With a population of 1,653 people and just one neighborhood, Healy - Cantwell is the 42nd largest community in Alaska.
Healy - Cantwell is a blue-collar town, with 53.23% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Healy - Cantwell is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Healy - Cantwell who work in management occupations (9.29%), the sciences (5.65%), and teaching (5.13%).
Healy - Cantwell is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Healy - Cantwell, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Healy - Cantwell has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Another notable thing is that Healy - Cantwell is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Overall, Healy - Cantwell’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Healy - Cantwell is worth considering.
One of the benefits of Healy - Cantwell is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.56 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Healy - Cantwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Healy - Cantwell are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.63% of adults in Healy - Cantwell having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Healy - Cantwell in 2022 was $73,423, which is wealthy relative to Alaska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $293,692 for a family of four.
Healy - Cantwell is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Healy - Cantwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Healy - Cantwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Healy - Cantwell include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Healy - Cantwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 59.2% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.4% 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.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (39.3%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
Also, in the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's analysis reveals that 30.2% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 98.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 53.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.4% of American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 97.0% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Analysis reveals that 33.2% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Healy - Cantwell is a great option to consider. According to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in AK, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.8% of the neighborhoods in Alaska. If you are considering retiring to Alaska, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Healy - Cantwell are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.7% 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, 53.2% 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 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 4.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.2% of households. Some people also speak Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) (3.3%).
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 Healy - Cantwell, AK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.0%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
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 (56.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (39.3%) hop out the door and walk to work to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (30.2%) and 25.2% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile for their daily commute. This is a special neighborhood for the number of people who walk to work. Combining exercise, low cost, and reduced pollution, plus the chance to see your neighbors, walking to work is fairly uncommon in America but likely to increase as people try to reduce their dependence on automobiles, and this neighborhood offers that opportunity today.