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Lyman - Hamilton is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,073 people and just one neighborhood, Lyman - Hamilton is the 177th largest community in Washington.
Housing costs in Lyman - Hamilton are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Lyman - Hamilton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.40% of Lyman - Hamilton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lyman - Hamilton is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyman - Hamilton who work in management occupations (10.83%), office and administrative support (10.55%), and healthcare (8.68%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Lyman - Hamilton, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
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, Lyman - Hamilton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lyman - Hamilton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lyman - Hamilton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.40 minutes every day commuting to work.
Demographics
In terms of college education, the citizens of Lyman - Hamilton rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.56% of adults 25 and older in Lyman - Hamilton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Lyman - Hamilton in 2022 was $40,524, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,096 for a family of four. However, Lyman - Hamilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lyman - Hamilton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lyman - Hamilton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyman - Hamilton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lyman - Hamilton include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Lyman - Hamilton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Lyman - Hamilton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Occupations
With 5.2% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 98.7% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
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 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 7.5% have Norwegian ancestry.
The Neighbors
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lyman - Hamilton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.1% 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 70.9% of America'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, 37.9% 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 32.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (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 Lyman - Hamilton, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report English roots (15.0%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.5%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (6.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.6%) 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 (14.1%) . 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.
