Blue Rapids - Waterville is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 2,207 people and just one neighborhood, Blue Rapids - Waterville is the 158th largest community in Kansas. Blue Rapids - Waterville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Blue Rapids - Waterville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Blue Rapids - Waterville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blue Rapids - Waterville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blue Rapids - Waterville who work in sales jobs (11.39%), healthcare (10.39%), and office and administrative support (9.85%).
Because of many things, Blue Rapids - Waterville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Blue Rapids - Waterville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Blue Rapids - Waterville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
As is often the case in a small town, Blue Rapids - Waterville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Blue Rapids - Waterville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.75% of adults in Blue Rapids - Waterville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Blue Rapids - Waterville in 2022 was $39,757, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,028 for a family of four. However, Blue Rapids - Waterville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Blue Rapids - Waterville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blue Rapids - Waterville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Blue Rapids - Waterville include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Blue Rapids - Waterville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 10.4% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Kansas. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry.
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 Blue Rapids - Waterville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.3% 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, 33.1% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 16.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.3%).
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 Blue Rapids - Waterville, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report English roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (7.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.