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Milroy, IN

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Overview


Milroy is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 628 people and just one neighborhood, Milroy is the 378th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Milroy was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Milroy is a blue-collar town, with 38.40% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Milroy is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Milroy who work in office and administrative support (22.92%), business and financial occupations (10.32%), and food service (10.03%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Milroy 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. Milroy has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Milroy than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Milroy may be for you.

Milroy 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.

Demographics

The education level of Milroy citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.82% of adults 25 and older in Milroy have a college degree.

The per capita income in Milroy in 2022 was $31,944, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,776 for a family of four. However, Milroy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Milroy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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 92.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Significantly, 3.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Milroy are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 60.7% of America'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, 35.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.1%), and 20.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (3.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Milroy, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report English roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (38.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (10.7%) . 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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