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Guernsey - Glendo, WY

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Overview


Guernsey - Glendo is a very small town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 2,201 people and just one neighborhood, Guernsey - Glendo is the 31st largest community in Wyoming.

Occupations and Workforce

Guernsey - Glendo is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Guernsey - Glendo is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Guernsey - Glendo who work in management occupations (12.26%), office and administrative support (10.75%), and food service (9.99%).

Guernsey - Glendo is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Guernsey - Glendo, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.51% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Guernsey - Glendo spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.42 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Demographics

The citizens of Guernsey - Glendo are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.76% of adults in Guernsey - Glendo having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Guernsey - Glendo in 2022 was $38,500, which is upper middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,000 for a family of four. However, Guernsey - Glendo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Guernsey - Glendo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Guernsey - Glendo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Guernsey - Glendo residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Guernsey - Glendo include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Guernsey - Glendo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

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 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Length of Commute

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. 71.9% 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 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Occupations

With 3.0% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 97.6% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Guernsey - Glendo is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in WY, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.3% of the neighborhoods in Wyoming. If you are considering retiring to Wyoming, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

The Neighbors

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 Guernsey - Glendo are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.9% 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, 33.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 93.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Guernsey - Glendo, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (71.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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