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Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City, ID

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Overview


Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a very small town located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 3,627 people and just one neighborhood, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is the 53rd largest community in Idaho.

Occupations and Workforce

Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City who work in management occupations (13.32%), sales jobs (13.18%), and food service (9.25%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.70% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City may be for you.

In Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.63 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.90% of adults 25 and older in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City in 2022 was $33,380, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,520 for a family of four. However, Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.

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

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

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. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.3% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American 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 Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.7% 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 59.6% 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, 37.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.2%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).

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 Horseshoe Bend - Idaho City, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.9%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (65.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (9.6%) . 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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