American Falls is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 4,781 people and just one neighborhood, American Falls is the 40th largest community in Idaho.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, American Falls is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.50% of the American Falls workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, American Falls is a city of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in American Falls who work in farm management occupations (16.12%), office and administrative support (14.34%), and teaching (10.34%).
One of the benefits of American Falls is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.19 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 city, American Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of American Falls are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.17% of adults in American Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in American Falls in 2022 was $22,047, which is lower middle income relative to Idaho, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,188 for a family of four. However, American Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
American Falls is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call American Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of American Falls residents report their race to be White. American Falls also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 47.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in American Falls include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of American Falls's cultural character, accounting for 21.08% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in American Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.4% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
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 American Falls are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.8% 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 53.8% of America'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, 30.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (18.5%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 68.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (31.0%).
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 American Falls, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (35.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (22.4%), and residents who report German roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.5%), among others. In addition, 17.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (50.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (12.3%) and 5.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.