Window Rock - St. Michaels is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 4,061 people and just one neighborhood, Window Rock - St. Michaels is the 85th largest community in Arizona.
Window Rock - St. Michaels is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Window Rock - St. Michaels is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Window Rock - St. Michaels who work in office and administrative support (25.02%), management occupations (9.27%), and healthcare suport services (8.99%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.45% 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.
The citizens of Window Rock - St. Michaels are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.89% of adults in Window Rock - St. Michaels having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Window Rock - St. Michaels in 2022 was $25,554, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,216 for a family of four. However, Window Rock - St. Michaels contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Window Rock - St. Michaels home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Window Rock - St. Michaels residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Window Rock - St. Michaels include Greek, English, Iraqi, Polish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Window Rock - St. Michaels is Native American languages. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and English.
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 Window Rock - St. Michaels, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 18.8% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 90.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 65.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Window Rock - St. Michaels are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 34.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (18.8%), and 17.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Native American languages, spoken by 65.8% of households. Some people also speak English (37.1%).
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 Window Rock - St. Michaels, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (90.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (4.2%).
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.