Francisco is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 534 people and just one neighborhood, Francisco is the 402nd largest community in Indiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Francisco is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.82% of the Francisco workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Francisco is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Francisco who work in office and administrative support (11.74%), healthcare (8.90%), and management occupations (8.19%).
The overall crime rate in Francisco is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
As is often the case in a small town, Francisco doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Francisco with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.67% of adults in Francisco have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Francisco in 2022 was $36,879, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,516 for a family of four. However, Francisco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Francisco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Francisco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Francisco include German, English, Irish, Portuguese, and European.
The most common language spoken in Francisco is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African 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.
Our research reveals that 90.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.3% 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.
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 Francisco are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.3% of U.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, 45.0% 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 23.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).
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 Francisco, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (1.7%), along with some Greek ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
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 (50.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (90.6%) 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 (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.