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Kahlotus, WA

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Overview


Kahlotus is a tiny city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 142 people and just one neighborhood, Kahlotus is the 326th largest community in Washington.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Kahlotus, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.68% of Kahlotus’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kahlotus is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Kahlotus who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (10.17%), art, media, and design (10.17%), and teaching (10.17%).

Of important note, Kahlotus is also a city of artists. Kahlotus has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Kahlotus’s character.

In addition, many people in Kahlotus have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.47% 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

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Kahlotus 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. Kahlotus has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kahlotus than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kahlotus may be for you.

One downside of living in Kahlotus, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.33 minutes every day commuting to work.

Kahlotus is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In Kahlotus, just 6.86% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Kahlotus in 2022 was $29,291, which is lower middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,164 for a family of four. However, Kahlotus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kahlotus is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kahlotus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kahlotus residents report their race to be White. Kahlotus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kahlotus include Irish, German, English, Norwegian, and Scottish.

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

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.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 27.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.1% 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 Kahlotus 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 WA, 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 89.1% of the neighborhoods in Washington. If you are considering retiring to Washington, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 3.5% have Scots-Irish ancestry.

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 Kahlotus are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 74.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.8% 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 79.3% of America'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, 37.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (12.9%), and 12.8% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 71.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Kahlotus, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (27.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.3%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (4.9%), among others. In addition, 23.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (64.6%) 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 (20.7%) and 7.0% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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