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New Washington, IN

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Overview


New Washington is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 595 people and just one neighborhood, New Washington is the 387th largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

New Washington is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, New Washington is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Washington who work in office and administrative support (21.74%), management occupations (13.91%), and food service (10.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

New Washington is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, New Washington’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

In New Washington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, New Washington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in New Washington is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.29% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Washington in 2022 was $32,196, 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 $128,784 for a family of four.

The people who call New Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Washington residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in New Washington include German, Irish, Italian, English, and European.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 New Washington, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

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 New Washington are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.0%), and 16.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).

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 New Washington, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (8.9%) . 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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