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Platteville, CO

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Overview


Platteville is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,898 people and just one neighborhood, Platteville is the 115th largest community in Colorado.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Platteville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.80% of the Platteville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Platteville is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Platteville who work in office and administrative support (11.55%), management occupations (7.95%), and maintenance occupations (7.45%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

In Platteville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.91 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Platteville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.91% of the adults in Platteville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Platteville in 2022 was $34,261, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,044 for a family of four.

Platteville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Platteville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Platteville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Platteville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Platteville include German, Irish, English, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Platteville 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.

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 40 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Platteville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.8% 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 71.9% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 37.3% 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 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.5%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 74.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian and Polish.

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 Platteville, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (35.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (30.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (73.4%) 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 (17.8%) . 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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