Fortville is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,814 people and just one neighborhood, Fortville is the 133rd largest community in Indiana.
Fortville real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although Fortville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Fortville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fortville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fortville who work in management occupations (12.77%), sales jobs (9.96%), and office and administrative support (9.65%).
Also of interest is that Fortville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Fortville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Fortville 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 education level of Fortville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.47% of adults in Fortville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fortville in 2022 was $40,957, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,828 for a family of four. However, Fortville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fortville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fortville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fortville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fortville include German, English, Irish, British, and French.
The most common language spoken in Fortville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry.
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 Fortville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 34.6% 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 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.7%), and 14.6% 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 Italian (3.2%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Fortville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of British ancestry (4.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 (50.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (64.8%) 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 (11.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.