Clay City - Coalmont is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,536 people and just one neighborhood, Clay City - Coalmont is the 165th largest community in Indiana. Clay City - Coalmont has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Clay City - Coalmont, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.45% of Clay City - Coalmont’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Clay City - Coalmont is a town of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clay City - Coalmont who work in management occupations (6.98%), office and administrative support (6.92%), and sales jobs (6.73%).
One downside of living in Clay City - Coalmont is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Clay City - Coalmont, the average commute to work is 36.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. However, it is a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of Clay City - Coalmont’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Clay City - Coalmont is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Clay City - Coalmont rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.65% of adults 25 and older in Clay City - Coalmont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Clay City - Coalmont in 2022 was $30,635, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,540 for a family of four. However, Clay City - Coalmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clay City - Coalmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clay City - Coalmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Clay City - Coalmont include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Clay City - Coalmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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 Clay City - Coalmont, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's exclusive analysis, with only 33 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.1% of America.
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 Clay City - Coalmont are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% 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 60.3% 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, 41.4% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
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 Clay City - Coalmont, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.
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 (39.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (74.0%) 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 (18.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.