Lochbuie is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,179 people and just one neighborhood, Lochbuie is the 62nd largest community in Colorado. Much of the housing stock in Lochbuie was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Lochbuie economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Lochbuie, where the median household income is $84,556.00.
Lochbuie is a blue-collar town, with 39.34% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lochbuie is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lochbuie who work in management occupations (15.07%), office and administrative support (10.53%), and sales jobs (8.06%).
One downside of living in Lochbuie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.33 minutes every day commuting to work.
Lochbuie is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Lochbuie with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.57% of adults in Lochbuie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lochbuie in 2022 was $34,226, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,904 for a family of four. However, Lochbuie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lochbuie is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lochbuie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lochbuie, accounting for 55.31% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lochbuie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lochbuie include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Lochbuie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
If you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the neighborhood. A whopping 67.9% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
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 Lochbuie are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.7% 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 68.8% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (29.8%).
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 Lochbuie, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (46.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report German roots (10.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.8%), among others. In addition, 11.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (42.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (83.9%) 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 (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.