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Kingsford Heights, IN

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Overview


Kingsford Heights is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,325 people and just one neighborhood, Kingsford Heights is the 293rd largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kingsford Heights is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.89% of the Kingsford Heights workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kingsford Heights is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kingsford Heights who work in office and administrative support (11.48%), maintenance occupations (11.29%), and teaching (7.29%).

Also of interest is that Kingsford Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Kingsford Heights 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.

Kingsford Heights 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.

Demographics

In Kingsford Heights, just 7.74% 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 Kingsford Heights in 2022 was $22,815, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,260 for a family of four. However, Kingsford Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kingsford Heights is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kingsford Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kingsford Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kingsford Heights include German, Polish, Irish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Kingsford Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Kingsford Heights are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.6% 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, 34.7% 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 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.1%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).

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 Kingsford Heights, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Polish roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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