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Reelsville, IN

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Overview


Reelsville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 5,787 people and just one neighborhood, Reelsville is the 116th largest community in Indiana.

Reelsville real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although Reelsville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Reelsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Reelsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Reelsville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reelsville who work in management occupations (12.53%), sales jobs (12.01%), and healthcare (9.48%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.00% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Reelsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Reelsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Reelsville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.95 minutes every day commuting to work.

Reelsville 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 people in Reelsville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Reelsville in 2022 was $28,005, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,020 for a family of four. However, Reelsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Reelsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Reelsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Reelsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Reelsville include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Scottish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.5% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Reelsville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.1% 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, 36.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 34.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.0%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).

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 Reelsville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 (48.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.8%) 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.


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