Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 2,548 people and just one neighborhood, Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is the 139th largest community in Kansas. Cottonwood Falls - Strong City has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.42% of the Cottonwood Falls - Strong City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottonwood Falls - Strong City who work in management occupations (14.24%), office and administrative support (11.32%), and sales jobs (8.15%).
Being a small town, Cottonwood Falls - Strong City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.47% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cottonwood Falls - Strong City in 2022 was $32,022, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,088 for a family of four. However, Cottonwood Falls - Strong City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cottonwood Falls - Strong City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cottonwood Falls - Strong City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Cottonwood Falls - Strong City include German, English, Irish, French, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Cottonwood Falls - Strong City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Of particular note, 5.6% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Cottonwood Falls - Strong City is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in KS, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.2% of the neighborhoods in Kansas. If you are considering retiring to Kansas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 33.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 Cottonwood Falls - Strong City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.9% 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 51.0% 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, 33.4% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).
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 Cottonwood Falls - Strong City, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 (46.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (9.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.