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Van Buren, IN

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Overview


Van Buren is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 780 people and just one neighborhood, Van Buren is the 357th largest community in Indiana. Van Buren has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Van Buren isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Van Buren are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Van Buren is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Van Buren who work in office and administrative support (16.24%), sales jobs (14.18%), and healthcare (10.05%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Van Buren have a very low rate of college education: just 8.94% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Van Buren in 2018 was $21,657, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,628 for a family of four. However, Van Buren contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Van Buren home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Van Buren residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Van Buren include German, Irish, English, European, and British.

The most common language spoken in Van Buren is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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The Neighbors

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The neighbors in the neighborhood in Van Buren are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.6% 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, 32.8% 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 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.7%), and 18.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Van Buren, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.8%), along with some British ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 (50.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.8%) 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 (6.9%) . 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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