Farnam is a tiny village located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 176 people and just one neighborhood, Farnam is the 204th largest community in Nebraska.
Farnam real estate is some of the most expensive in Nebraska, although Farnam house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Farnam is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.17% of the Farnam workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Farnam is a village of managers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Farnam who work in farm management occupations (16.87%), management occupations (15.66%), and office and administrative support (8.43%).
Another important characteristic of Farnam is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
The overall crime rate in Farnam 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 village 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, Farnam has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Farnam a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Farnam is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Farnam are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.06% of adults in Farnam having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Farnam in 2022 was $33,775, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,100 for a family of four. However, Farnam contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Farnam home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Farnam residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Farnam include German, Irish, English, Danish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Farnam 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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 42.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 6 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.1%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Nebraska, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Nebraska.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 36.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 0.9% have Lebanese ancestry.
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 Farnam are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.9% 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 55.5% 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, 36.4% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.5%), and 9.6% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
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 78.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Farnam, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.1%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.1%), among others. In addition, 21.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (45.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.3%) 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 (11.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.