Pine Village is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 211 people and just one neighborhood, Pine Village is the 463rd largest community in Indiana. Pine Village has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Pine Village isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pine Village are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pine Village is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Village who work in office and administrative support (18.11%), healthcare suport services (16.54%), and management occupations (13.39%).
Also of interest is that Pine Village has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Pine Village’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pine Village has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pine Village a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Pine Village, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.65 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Pine Village doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Pine Village ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.14% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Pine Village in 2022 was $21,650, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,600 for a family of four. However, Pine Village contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pine Village is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pine Village home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Village residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Pine Village include German, Polish, Scottish, Lithuanian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Pine Village is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 19 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.9% of 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 Pine Village are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.8% of U.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, 33.4% 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 32.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households.
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 Pine Village, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.2%) 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.