Linwood is a tiny city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 427 people and just one neighborhood, Linwood is the 264th largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Linwood was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Linwood economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Linwood, where the median household income is $61,211.00.
Linwood home prices are not only among the most expensive in Kansas, but Linwood real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
When you are in Linwood, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.54% of Linwood’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Linwood is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Linwood who work in business and financial occupations (9.60%), healthcare (7.58%), and office and administrative support (5.56%).
Because of many things, Linwood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Linwood a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Linwood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Linwood’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Linwood, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.23 minutes every day commuting to work.
Linwood is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Linwood citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.49% of adults in Linwood have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Linwood in 2022 was $33,769, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,076 for a family of four. However, Linwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Linwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Linwood residents report their race to be White. Linwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Linwood include Swedish, German, English, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Linwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 43.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Our research reveals that 91.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 14.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 97.2% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 95.1% of all neighborhoods in America.
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 8.9% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Kansas. 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 23.3% have Irish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Linwood are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.4% 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 52.1% of America'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, 41.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.4%), and 14.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (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 Linwood, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (8.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.5%) 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.