Morrill - Lyman is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 2,205 people and just one neighborhood, Morrill - Lyman is the 110th largest community in Nebraska. Morrill - Lyman has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Morrill - Lyman isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Morrill - Lyman are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morrill - Lyman is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Morrill - Lyman who work in management occupations (16.97%), sales jobs (14.37%), and farm management occupations (11.28%).
Another important characteristic of Morrill - Lyman 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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.39% 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.
One of the benefits of Morrill - Lyman is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.94 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Morrill - Lyman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Morrill - Lyman with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.93% of adults in Morrill - Lyman have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Morrill - Lyman in 2022 was $30,775, which is lower middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,100 for a family of four. However, Morrill - Lyman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Morrill - Lyman is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Morrill - Lyman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morrill - Lyman residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Morrill - Lyman also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.52% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morrill - Lyman include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Morrill - Lyman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Morrill - Lyman, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 99.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 94.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 34.7% have German 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 Morrill - Lyman are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.8% 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, 35.8% 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 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.5%), and 11.3% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.7%).
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 Morrill - Lyman, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.7%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (47.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (63.8%) 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 (11.1%) and 9.7% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.