Gypsum is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,954 people and just one neighborhood, Gypsum is the 63rd largest community in Colorado. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Gypsum, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Gypsum, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Gypsum’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Gypsum does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $99,726.00.
Housing costs in Gypsum 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 Colorado.
Gypsum is a blue-collar town, with 36.16% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Gypsum is a town of professionals, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Gypsum who work in management occupations (17.30%), teaching (9.69%), and office and administrative support (6.84%).
A relatively large number of people in Gypsum telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.33% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
In terms of college education, Gypsum is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.79% of adults in Gypsum have a college degree.
The per capita income in Gypsum in 2022 was $39,207, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,828 for a family of four. However, Gypsum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gypsum is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gypsum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Gypsum, accounting for 58.77% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Gypsum residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gypsum include German, Scottish, European, Polish, and English.
In addition, Gypsum has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.48%).
The most common language spoken in Gypsum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Gypsum are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.3% of U.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, 39.8% 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 36.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.7%), and 8.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 58.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Gypsum, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (52.2%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (5.1%), and residents who report German roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.0%), among others. In addition, 24.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.5%) 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 (14.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.