Dana - Newport is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,627 people and just one neighborhood, Dana - Newport is the 200th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Dana - Newport was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Dana - Newport, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.38% of Dana - Newport’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Dana - Newport is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dana - Newport who work in management occupations (13.26%), office and administrative support (11.18%), and healthcare (9.45%).
Being a small town, Dana - Newport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Dana - Newport citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.64% of adults 25 and older in Dana - Newport have a college degree.
The per capita income in Dana - Newport in 2022 was $33,609, 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 $134,436 for a family of four. However, Dana - Newport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Dana - Newport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dana - Newport residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dana - Newport include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dana - Newport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
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.
Our research reveals that 95.2% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.4%) living in the neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Dana - Newport are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.7% 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 62.3% 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, 38.3% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.3%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
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 Dana - Newport, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
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 (35.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (95.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.