Boswell - Earl Park is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,292 people and just one neighborhood, Boswell - Earl Park is the 222nd largest community in Indiana. Boswell - Earl Park has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Boswell - Earl Park is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.45% of the Boswell - Earl Park workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Boswell - Earl Park is a town of managers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boswell - Earl Park who work in management occupations (13.36%), office and administrative support (10.04%), and food service (9.36%).
Even though Boswell - Earl Park is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of Boswell - Earl Park are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.77% of adults in Boswell - Earl Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Boswell - Earl Park in 2022 was $38,860, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,440 for a family of four. However, Boswell - Earl Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Boswell - Earl Park is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Boswell - Earl Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boswell - Earl Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Boswell - Earl Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.02% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Boswell - Earl Park include German, English, Irish, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Boswell - Earl Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Boswell - Earl Park are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.3% of U.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, 39.6% 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 22.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.9%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (14.0%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Boswell - Earl Park, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.3%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report English roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.8%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (8.5%) and 5.1% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.