Redkey is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,073 people and just one neighborhood, Redkey is the 312th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Redkey was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Redkey is a blue-collar town, with 51.21% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Redkey is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redkey who work in office and administrative support (11.87%), sales jobs (8.13%), and food service (7.25%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Redkey 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 population of Redkey has a very low overall level of education: only 8.32% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Redkey in 2022 was $17,528, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,112 for a family of four. Redkey also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.76% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Redkey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Redkey residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Redkey include German, Scottish, Irish, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Redkey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
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 42.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.5% of American neighborhoods.
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 44 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.3% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish 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 Redkey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.8% 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, 42.0% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.0%).
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 Redkey, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (10.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.3%) 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 (11.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.