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Waynetown, IN

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Overview


Waynetown is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 966 people and just one neighborhood, Waynetown is the 325th largest community in Indiana. Waynetown has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Waynetown is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.29% of the Waynetown workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Waynetown is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waynetown who work in food service (8.86%), sales jobs (6.37%), and office and administrative support (5.54%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Waynetown with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.38% of adults in Waynetown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Waynetown in 2018 was $25,391, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,564 for a family of four. However, Waynetown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Waynetown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waynetown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waynetown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waynetown include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Waynetown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese and Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry and 7.2% have Arab ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Waynetown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 25.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.6% 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, 37.9% 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 34.0% 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 7.7% 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 88.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.

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 Waynetown, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.7%), and residents who report English roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Arab ancestry (7.2%), along with some Lebanese ancestry residents (7.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (11.6%) . 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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