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Chrisney - Richland, IN

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Overview


Chrisney - Richland is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,432 people and just one neighborhood, Chrisney - Richland is the 214th largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Chrisney - Richland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.45% of the Chrisney - Richland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Chrisney - Richland is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chrisney - Richland who work in maintenance occupations (10.77%), office and administrative support (9.39%), and management occupations (7.55%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Chrisney - Richland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.32 minutes every day commuting to work.

Chrisney - Richland 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Chrisney - Richland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.82% of adults in Chrisney - Richland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chrisney - Richland in 2022 was $31,223, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,892 for a family of four. However, Chrisney - Richland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Chrisney - Richland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chrisney - Richland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Chrisney - Richland include German, English, Irish, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Chrisney - Richland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 90.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.7% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 36.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 Chrisney - Richland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.0% 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 53.3% 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, 33.6% 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.0%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.5%).

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 Chrisney - Richland, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (90.4%) 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 (7.1%) . 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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