Crane is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 164 people and just one neighborhood, Crane is the 472nd largest community in Indiana.
Crane is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.24% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Crane is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crane who work in computer science and math (47.30%), office and administrative support (13.51%), and management occupations (13.51%).
Also of interest is that Crane has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Crane is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Crane does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Crane has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.58% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Crane in 2022 was $28,084, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,336 for a family of four. However, Crane contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crane also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Crane home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crane residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Crane include English, Italian, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Crane is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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.
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 38.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Our research reveals that 89.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 12.7% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian 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 Crane are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.3% 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, 29.3% 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 28.0% 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 20.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).
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 Crane, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (89.4%) 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.