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Waveland, IN

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Overview


Waveland is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 434 people and just one neighborhood, Waveland is the 420th largest community in Indiana. Waveland has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Waveland is a blue-collar town, with 38.25% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Waveland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waveland who work in sales jobs (13.11%), teaching (8.20%), and management occupations (7.65%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Waveland is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Waveland a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Waveland has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Waveland’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Waveland who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.18% of the adults in Waveland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Waveland in 2022 was $26,643, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,572 for a family of four. However, Waveland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Waveland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.7% of all American neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 4.6% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Indiana. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 43 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Waveland are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.2% 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 67.3% 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, 36.4% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.1%), and 14.5% 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 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).

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 Waveland, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 (43.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (90.3%) 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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