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Willamina, OR

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Overview


Willamina is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,252 people and just one neighborhood, Willamina is the 143rd largest community in Oregon.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Willamina isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Willamina are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Willamina is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Willamina who work in sales jobs (15.79%), food service (11.47%), and office and administrative support (7.24%).

Also of interest is that Willamina has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

In Willamina, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The population of Willamina has a very low overall level of education: only 8.30% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Willamina in 2018 was $24,502, which is low income relative to Oregon, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,008 for a family of four. However, Willamina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Willamina is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Willamina home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willamina residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Willamina also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Willamina include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

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 34 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Willamina 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 OR, 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 87.0% of the neighborhoods in Oregon. If you are considering retiring to Oregon, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American 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 Willamina are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.6% of U.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 sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.2%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.4%).

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 Willamina, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report English roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (64.3%) 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 (16.6%) and 9.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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