St. Paul is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 960 people and just one neighborhood, St. Paul is the 325th largest community in Indiana. St. Paul has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in St. Paul, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.26% of St. Paul’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, St. Paul is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Paul who work in sales jobs (11.81%), office and administrative support (6.30%), and food service (6.04%).
The overall crime rate in St. Paul 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.
Being a small town, St. Paul does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
St. Paul ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.84% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in St. Paul in 2022 was $24,123, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,492 for a family of four. However, St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Paul is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Paul include German, Irish, English, Portuguese, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.8% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of American neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 37 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish 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 St. Paul are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.9% 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 51.1% of America'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, 44.8% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 9.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.3%).
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 St. Paul, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (24.3%), and residents who report English roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.2%) 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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.