Fort Garland - Blanca is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 1,819 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Garland - Blanca is the 151st largest community in Colorado.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fort Garland - Blanca is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.07% of the Fort Garland - Blanca workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fort Garland - Blanca is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Garland - Blanca who work in office and administrative support (17.07%), farm management occupations (13.45%), and management occupations (10.86%).
Another important characteristic of Fort Garland - Blanca 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.
Also of interest is that Fort Garland - Blanca has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Fort Garland - Blanca telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fort Garland - Blanca has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fort Garland - Blanca has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Garland - Blanca than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Garland - Blanca may be for you.
Being a small town, Fort Garland - Blanca does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Fort Garland - Blanca who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.00% of adults in Fort Garland - Blanca have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fort Garland - Blanca in 2022 was $22,751, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,004 for a family of four. However, Fort Garland - Blanca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Garland - Blanca is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Garland - Blanca 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 Fort Garland - Blanca, accounting for 47.55% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fort Garland - Blanca residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fort Garland - Blanca include German, English, Irish, Portuguese, and European.
The most common language spoken in Fort Garland - Blanca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
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 99.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 3 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.8% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 32.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.7% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Colorado, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Colorado.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 3.5% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Fort Garland - Blanca are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.5% 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, 38.6% 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 13.4% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 73.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (26.4%).
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 Fort Garland - Blanca, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (34.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report Spanish roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (7.3%), 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 (45.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (70.7%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.