Granger is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,676 people and just one neighborhood, Granger is the 158th largest community in Washington.
Granger is a blue-collar town, with 52.95% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Granger is a city of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Granger who work in farm management occupations (30.63%), teaching (10.50%), and food service (9.26%).
Another important characteristic of Granger 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.
As is often the case in a small city, Granger doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Granger have a very low rate of college education: just 8.78% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Granger in 2022 was $16,568, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,272 for a family of four. However, Granger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Granger is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Granger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Granger, accounting for 93.61% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Granger residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Granger include European, German, English, Irish, and Welsh.
Granger also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.75%.
The most common language spoken in Granger is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English 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.
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 99.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (26.8%) than in 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.0% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 78.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 66.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Granger are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 25.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (23.1%), and 14.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 66.5% of households. Some people also speak English (33.5%).
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 Granger, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (78.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (3.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.1%), among others. In addition, 22.6% 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 (45.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.3%) 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 (26.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.