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Aberdeen, ID

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Overview


Aberdeen is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 1,843 people and just one neighborhood, Aberdeen is the 78th largest community in Idaho.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Aberdeen, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 55.88% of Aberdeen’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Aberdeen is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Aberdeen who work in office and administrative support (15.56%), farm management occupations (14.57%), and sales jobs (5.13%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Aberdeen work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In Aberdeen, just 7.90% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Aberdeen in 2022 was $20,929, which is low income relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,716 for a family of four. However, Aberdeen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Aberdeen is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aberdeen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Aberdeen, accounting for 80.01% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Aberdeen residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Aberdeen include English, Scottish, German, Norwegian, and French.

In addition, Aberdeen has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (30.29%).

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 10.4% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish 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 Aberdeen are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.5% 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, 34.9% 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 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 63.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (35.7%).

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 Aberdeen, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (40.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report German roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.5%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others. In addition, 15.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

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 (11.1%) . 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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