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Dwale is a tiny town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 239 people and just one neighborhood, Dwale is the 378th largest community in Kentucky.
Occupations and Workforce
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dwale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 57.14% of the Dwale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dwale is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dwale who work in sales jobs (42.86%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%).
Setting & Lifestyle
Overall, Dwale’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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!) Dwale 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. Dwale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dwale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dwale may be for you.
In Dwale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Dwale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
The population of Dwale has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Dwale in 2022 was $19,924, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,696 for a family of four. However, Dwale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dwale also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.37% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Dwale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dwale residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dwale include English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Dwale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
People
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Dwale neighborhood.
In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 65.6% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
Also, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 89.7% of the neighborhoods in KY. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Diversity
Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Dwale are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 65.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.0% of U.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, 31.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.3%), and 20.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (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 Dwale, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report German roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.4%).
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 (35.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (18.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
