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Yacolt, WA

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Overview


Yacolt is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,620 people and just one neighborhood, Yacolt is the 236th largest community in Washington.

Housing costs in Yacolt 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

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Yacolt is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.50% of the Yacolt workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Yacolt is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yacolt who work in office and administrative support (7.11%), sales jobs (6.69%), and teaching (6.40%).

Also of interest is that Yacolt has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Yacolt is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Yacolt a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Yacolt has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Yacolt’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Yacolt, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 44.60 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The population of Yacolt has a very low overall level of education: only 8.65% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Yacolt in 2022 was $35,417, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,668 for a family of four. However, Yacolt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Yacolt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yacolt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Yacolt include German, Irish, Finnish, English, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Yacolt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.

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.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 72.6% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 5.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Washington. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 5.3% have Swedish 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 Yacolt are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 82.7% 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 70.6% 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, 34.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.3%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

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 Yacolt, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Finnish (15.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report English roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.4%), 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 (32.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (75.8%) 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 (7.6%) . 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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