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New Trenton, IN

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Overview


New Trenton is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 269 people and just one neighborhood, New Trenton is the 447th largest community in Indiana.

New Trenton real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although New Trenton house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, New Trenton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Trenton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Trenton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Trenton who work in sales jobs (27.33%), food service (13.04%), and community and social services (12.42%).

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

A relatively large number of people in New Trenton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 38.51% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

New Trenton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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!) New Trenton 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. New Trenton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in New Trenton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, New Trenton may be for you.

One downside of living in New Trenton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.05 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

In New Trenton, just 7.47% 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 New Trenton in 2022 was $42,352, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,408 for a family of four.

The people who call New Trenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Trenton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in New Trenton include German, Russian, Polish, Dutch, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in New Trenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in New Trenton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Indiana, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Indiana.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 41.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 New Trenton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.1% 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 78.5% 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, 35.7% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 New Trenton, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report English roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (34.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (81.5%) 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 (5.1%) . 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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