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Erie - St. Paul, KS

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Overview


Erie - St. Paul is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 3,590 people and just one neighborhood, Erie - St. Paul is the 99th largest community in Kansas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Erie - St. Paul is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Erie - St. Paul is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Erie - St. Paul who work in management occupations (15.81%), office and administrative support (12.14%), and healthcare (7.35%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.77% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The education level of Erie - St. Paul citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.17% of adults in Erie - St. Paul have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Erie - St. Paul in 2022 was $31,380, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,520 for a family of four. However, Erie - St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Erie - St. Paul is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Erie - St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Erie - St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Erie - St. Paul include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Erie - St. Paul 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

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 15 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.8% of America.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.

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 Erie - St. Paul are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 40.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.8%), and 14.8% 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 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).

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 Erie - St. Paul, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report English roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.1%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (71.0%) 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 (11.2%) . 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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