Chrisney - Richland is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,432 people and just one neighborhood, Chrisney - Richland is the 214th largest community in Indiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Chrisney - Richland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.14% of the Chrisney - Richland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Chrisney - Richland is a town of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chrisney - Richland who work in management occupations (9.27%), maintenance occupations (8.70%), and sales jobs (6.88%).
One downside of living in Chrisney - Richland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.78 minutes every day commuting to work.
Chrisney - Richland 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.
The percentage of adults in Chrisney - Richland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.38% of adults in Chrisney - Richland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chrisney - Richland in 2022 was $34,519, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,076 for a family of four. However, Chrisney - Richland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Chrisney - Richland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chrisney - Richland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Chrisney - Richland include German, English, Irish, French, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Chrisney - Richland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of all American neighborhoods.
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 92.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Chrisney - Richland is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.8% of the neighborhoods in Indiana. If you are considering retiring to Indiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 36.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Chrisney - Richland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.3% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.9%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.5%).
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 Chrisney - Richland, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.4%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.6%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.