White Swan is a tiny town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 789 people and just one neighborhood, White Swan is the 281st largest community in Washington.
Unlike some towns, White Swan isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in White Swan are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, White Swan is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in White Swan who work in sales jobs (20.45%), farm management occupations (16.48%), and personal care services (11.36%).
You will also find that a lot of people in White Swan work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that White Swan has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of White Swan spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.63 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
White Swan is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of White Swan has a very low overall level of education: only 6.52% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in White Swan in 2022 was $13,382, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $53,528 for a family of four. However, White Swan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. White Swan also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.66% of its population below the federal poverty line.
White Swan is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call White Swan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Swan residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. White Swan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in White Swan include German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in White Swan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
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 White Swan, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 15.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 2 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 40.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.1% have Finnish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.2% 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 White Swan are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.4% 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, 34.3% 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 15.7% 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 77.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in White Swan, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (28.8%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (19.8%), and residents who report English roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 11.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (50.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (74.5%) 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 (15.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.