Solsberry is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,568 people and just one neighborhood, Solsberry is the 166th largest community in Indiana.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Solsberry is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Solsberry is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Solsberry who work in office and administrative support (14.40%), healthcare (10.27%), and sales jobs (7.90%).
Also of interest is that Solsberry has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Solsberry 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Solsberry has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Solsberry a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Solsberry 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.
In terms of college education, Solsberry is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.25% of adults 25 and older in Solsberry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Solsberry in 2022 was $45,622, which is wealthy relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,488 for a family of four. However, Solsberry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Solsberry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Solsberry residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Solsberry include English, German, Irish, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Solsberry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (12.1%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
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 Solsberry are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.6% 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, 32.9% 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 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.6%), and 17.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 Solsberry, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.2%) 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 (12.1%) and 7.3% 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.