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Sedgwick, KS

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Overview


Sedgwick is a very small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,581 people and just one neighborhood, Sedgwick is the 197th largest community in Kansas.

Sedgwick real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Sedgwick house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Sedgwick is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sedgwick is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sedgwick who work in office and administrative support (14.51%), management occupations (10.88%), and food service (8.94%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small city, Sedgwick does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Sedgwick is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.78% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sedgwick in 2022 was $32,368, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,472 for a family of four. However, Sedgwick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Sedgwick are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.8% 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 71.6% 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, 44.4% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.1%), and 11.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Sedgwick, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.5%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.4%) . 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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