Clay City - Coalmont is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,536 people and just one neighborhood, Clay City - Coalmont is the 165th largest community in Indiana. Clay City - Coalmont has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Clay City - Coalmont, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.45% of Clay City - Coalmont’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Clay City - Coalmont is a town of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clay City - Coalmont who work in management occupations (6.98%), office and administrative support (6.92%), and sales jobs (6.73%).
One downside of living in Clay City - Coalmont is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Clay City - Coalmont, the average commute to work is 36.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. However, it is a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of Clay City - Coalmont’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Clay City - Coalmont 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Clay City - Coalmont rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.65% of adults 25 and older in Clay City - Coalmont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Clay City - Coalmont in 2022 was $30,635, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,540 for a family of four. However, Clay City - Coalmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clay City - Coalmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clay City - Coalmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Clay City - Coalmont include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Clay City - Coalmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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 92.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Clay City - Coalmont are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% 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 60.3% of America'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, 41.4% 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 (17.7%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
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 Clay City - Coalmont, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (74.0%) 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 (18.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.