Patoka is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 707 people and just one neighborhood, Patoka is the 365th largest community in Indiana.
When you are in Patoka, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.13% of Patoka’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Patoka is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Patoka who work in sales jobs (10.28%), healthcare suport services (7.71%), and maintenance occupations (6.07%).
The overall crime rate in Patoka 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Patoka has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Patoka a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Patoka 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.
The population of Patoka has a very low overall level of education: only 9.69% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Patoka in 2022 was $24,386, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,544 for a family of four. However, Patoka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Patoka is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Patoka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Patoka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Patoka include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Patoka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.7% of all American neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 30 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Patoka are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.9% 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, 37.3% 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 36.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.9%), and 8.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.
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 Patoka, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.1%) 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.