Canyonville - Riddle is a very small town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 4,966 people and just one neighborhood, Canyonville - Riddle is the 90th largest community in Oregon.
When you are in Canyonville - Riddle, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.46% of Canyonville - Riddle’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Canyonville - Riddle is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Canyonville - Riddle who work in office and administrative support (10.80%), management occupations (8.02%), and sales jobs (7.72%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.75% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
The percentage of people in Canyonville - Riddle with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.29% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Canyonville - Riddle in 2022 was $25,644, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,576 for a family of four. However, Canyonville - Riddle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Canyonville - Riddle is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Canyonville - Riddle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canyonville - Riddle residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Canyonville - Riddle include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Canyonville - Riddle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Canyonville - Riddle, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish 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 Canyonville - Riddle are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.9% 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, 34.9% 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 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.0%), and 15.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.3%).
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 Canyonville - Riddle, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.8%), and residents who report English roots (13.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (67.8%) 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 (14.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.