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Census tracts are small, relatively permanent subdivisions of a county that are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in conjunction with local authorities all across the country to define real neighborhoods that are bounded to contain areas with homogeneous population characteristics (including economic status, lifestyle, and living conditions). Census tracts usually have 4,000 persons, but can range between 1,500 and 8,000 persons. This is the most fine-grained area for which detailed information is made available from the government, to protect the individual privacy of each of us. Because census tracts are based on population, they vary in size depending on the density of settlement. In urban areas, they are small, and in rural areas they can cover an entire small town or even a few small towns in very rural areas.
Since census tracts are subdivisions of a county, we did a spatial overlay of the census tracts onto city and town boundaries using a geographic information system to properly assign each census tract to its appropriate city or town. Then we named each census tract to the local colloquially recognized neighborhood name for that spot (e.g., Boston, MA (Dorchester). If there was not a name available, we named the census tract by the largest street intersection in the census tract (e.g., Worcester, MA (Lincoln St/Plantation St)
Why we don't use Zip Codes as neighborhoods
Zip codes were developed by the Postal Service for the purpose of delivering mail, but were never intended to define coherent neighborhoods. In addition, Zip Codes can have as many as 10 distinctly different census tracts contained within them. When distinct census tracts are blended together in a single Zip Code, the data reflects their average conditions and often gives a false sense of the area. The result is that potentially great matching neighborhoods can be missed, and erroneous matches can also be produced and delivered to you.
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A condition alert is a condition in the neighborhood that triggers an alert. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ contains condition alerts to highlight conditions that are extreme, whether good or bad. This helps answer crucial questions about the state of the neighborhood being evaluated, such as:
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Does real estate here hold its value?
Are the trends in local vacancies or unemployment concerning?
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Information at a glance that you need to know to invest, appraise or finance a property.
McGrath - Holy Cross is a very small town located in the state of Alaska. With a population of 1,094 people and just one neighborhood, McGrath - Holy Cross is the 50th largest community in Alaska.
Occupations and Workforce
Unlike some towns, McGrath - Holy Cross isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in McGrath - Holy Cross are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McGrath - Holy Cross is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in McGrath - Holy Cross who work in office and administrative support (12.80%), management occupations (12.80%), and sales jobs (11.14%).
A relatively large number of people in McGrath - Holy Cross telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.59% 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
Another notable thing is that McGrath - Holy Cross is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) McGrath - Holy Cross has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. McGrath - Holy Cross has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in McGrath - Holy Cross than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, McGrath - Holy Cross may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of McGrath - Holy Cross spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 8.82 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Demographics
In McGrath - Holy Cross, just 10.50% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in McGrath - Holy Cross in 2022 was $28,149, which is low income relative to Alaska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,596 for a family of four. However, McGrath - Holy Cross contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
McGrath - Holy Cross is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McGrath - Holy Cross home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McGrath - Holy Cross residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in McGrath - Holy Cross include German, Scottish, Russian, Dutch, and English.
The most common language spoken in McGrath - Holy Cross 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 McGrath - Holy Cross, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Length of Commute
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 93.4% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found in 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Modes of Transportation
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's analysis reveals that 46.8% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, in the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 27.1% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 98.9% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Occupations
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Real Estate
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive analysis, with only 0 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.7% of America.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 48.2% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.6% 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.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 98.4% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 96.9% of all neighborhoods in America.
Car Ownership
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. 51.2% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found in 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
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, 70.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.0% 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 99.8% 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. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in McGrath - Holy Cross are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.1% 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, 32.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (27.5%), and 25.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.5% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (9.0%).
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 McGrath - Holy Cross, AK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (70.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (93.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (46.8%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (27.1%) and 13.5% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile for their daily commute. Despite relying on the automobile to get to work, residents of this neighborhood share the ride more than most neighborhoods, reducing traffic, pollution, and saving money.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
