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Wheeler, IN

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Overview


Wheeler is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 435 people and just one neighborhood, Wheeler is the 419th largest community in Indiana.

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

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Wheeler, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 68.57% of Wheeler’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wheeler is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheeler who work in management occupations (15.71%), art, media, and design (12.86%), and sales jobs (2.86%).

Of important note, Wheeler is also a town of artists. Wheeler has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wheeler’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Wheeler telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 27.14% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 overall crime rate in Wheeler is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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, Wheeler has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wheeler a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Wheeler, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.74 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

In Wheeler, just 8.15% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Wheeler in 2022 was $30,861, 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 $123,444 for a family of four. However, Wheeler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Wheeler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages 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.

Real Estate

Some neighborhoods are made up of apartments. Some consist of row houses, and most - by far - consist of a mixture of housing types. But the neighborhood stands out due to the total dominance of detached, single-family homes here. There are nearly no other types of residential real estate in the neighborhood. In fact, this neighborhood has a higher proportion of single-family homes in its real estate stock than 96.4% of all American neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Indiana. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 10.1% have Polish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% 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 Wheeler are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.6% 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, 31.9% 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 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Italian and Spanish.

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 Wheeler, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report Polish roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (8.5%), 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 (45.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.0%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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