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Hazen, ND

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Overview


Hazen is a very small city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 2,279 people and just one neighborhood, Hazen is the 41st largest community in North Dakota.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hazen is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.63% of the Hazen workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hazen is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hazen who work in office and administrative support (13.20%), management occupations (7.33%), and architecture and engineering (7.25%).

A relatively large number of people in Hazen telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.61% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Hazen’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Hazen spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.08 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Hazen is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.02% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hazen in 2018 was $42,795, which is upper middle income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,180 for a family of four. However, Hazen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hazen is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hazen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hazen residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hazen include German, Norwegian, Russian, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Hazen is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Hazen, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Hazen is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in ND, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.7% of the neighborhoods in North Dakota. If you are considering retiring to North Dakota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 49.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 18.0% have Norwegian ancestry.

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 Hazen are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.2% 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, 36.5% 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 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.8%), and 10.8% 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 93.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Hazen, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (49.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report Russian roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.4%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 (51.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.9%) 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 (5.3%) . 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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