Neligh is a very small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 1,518 people and just one neighborhood, Neligh is the 140th largest community in Nebraska. Neligh has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Neligh is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Neligh is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Neligh who work in sales jobs (15.18%), office and administrative support (13.09%), and healthcare (9.56%).
Neligh’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One of the benefits of Neligh is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.22 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.
As is often the case in a small city, Neligh doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Neligh is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.57% of adults 25 and older in Neligh have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Neligh in 2022 was $30,718, which is lower middle income relative to Nebraska, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,872 for a family of four. However, Neligh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Neligh is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Neligh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Neligh residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Neligh also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.10% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Neligh include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Neligh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 72.5% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.2%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 44.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 3.4% have Danish 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 Neligh are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.9% 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 79.2% 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, 31.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.7%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.5%).
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 Neligh, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.0%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (72.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.4%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.