Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a very small town located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 3,707 people and just one neighborhood, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is the 53rd largest community in Idaho.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City who work in management occupations (13.42%), sales jobs (13.07%), and office and administrative support (11.83%).
A relatively large number of people in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.88% 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.
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!) Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City 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. Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City may be for you.
One downside of living in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.09 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.93% of adults in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City in 2022 was $36,015, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,060 for a family of four. However, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
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.
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 98.4% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 13.0% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 1.9% have Native American 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 Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.7% 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 59.0% 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, 38.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.5%), and 16.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).
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 Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (5.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (60.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.7%) and 7.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.