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Heyburn, ID

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Overview


Heyburn is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 3,726 people and just one neighborhood, Heyburn is the 48th largest community in Idaho.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Heyburn, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.56% of Heyburn’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Heyburn is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Heyburn who work in office and administrative support (13.88%), sales jobs (9.71%), and teaching (7.54%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Heyburn spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.76 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small city, Heyburn doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Heyburn who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.94% of adults in Heyburn have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Heyburn in 2022 was $29,253, which is middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,012 for a family of four. However, Heyburn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Heyburn is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Heyburn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Heyburn residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Heyburn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Heyburn include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian.

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

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 Heyburn, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 62.2% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

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 3.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Heyburn are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.4% 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, 37.0% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.7%), and 15.5% 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 81.5% 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 Heyburn, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.9%), and residents who report German roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.8%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.4%) 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 (14.3%) . 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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