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Shady Cove - Trail, OR

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Overview


Shady Cove - Trail is a very small town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 3,897 people and just one neighborhood, Shady Cove - Trail is the 101st largest community in Oregon.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Shady Cove - Trail isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Shady Cove - Trail are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shady Cove - Trail is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Shady Cove - Trail who work in sales jobs (10.73%), business and financial occupations (9.89%), and food service (7.93%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.47% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shady Cove - Trail has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shady Cove - Trail a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small town, Shady Cove - Trail does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Shady Cove - Trail are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.04% of adults in Shady Cove - Trail have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Shady Cove - Trail in 2022 was $27,395, which is low income relative to Oregon, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,580 for a family of four. However, Shady Cove - Trail contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Shady Cove - Trail is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Shady Cove - Trail home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shady Cove - Trail residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Shady Cove - Trail include Irish, German, European, French, and English.

The most common language spoken in Shady Cove - Trail is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

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

One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Shady Cove - Trail 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 OR, 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 85.3% of the neighborhoods in Oregon. If you are considering retiring to Oregon, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 24.9% have Irish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% 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 Shady Cove - Trail are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.4% 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, 31.3% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.1%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.1%).

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 Shady Cove - Trail, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (24.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (22.8%), and residents who report French roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.7%), along with some Austrian ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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