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Huntingburg, IN

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Overview


Huntingburg is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 6,490 people and just one neighborhood, Huntingburg is the 109th largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Huntingburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.16% of Huntingburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Huntingburg is a city of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntingburg who work in management occupations (9.62%), office and administrative support (8.98%), and sales jobs (8.86%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small city, Huntingburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Huntingburg is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.25% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Huntingburg in 2022 was $27,842, 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 $111,368 for a family of four. However, Huntingburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Huntingburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Huntingburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Huntingburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Huntingburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.01% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Huntingburg include German, English, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish.

In addition, Huntingburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.31%).

The most common language spoken in Huntingburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 47.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.3% of American neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood stands out within Indiana for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 6.7% of college-friendly places to live in IN.

Diversity

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, 35.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Huntingburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.3% 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, 47.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 22.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.7%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (22.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Huntingburg, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report English roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (4.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 16.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 (40.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (11.6%) . 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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