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Burdett - Garfield, KS

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Overview


Burdett - Garfield is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,429 people and just one neighborhood, Burdett - Garfield is the 208th largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Burdett - Garfield was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Burdett - Garfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Burdett - Garfield is a town of managers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burdett - Garfield who work in management occupations (22.39%), office and administrative support (8.91%), and sales jobs (8.59%).

A relatively large number of people in Burdett - Garfield telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.65% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Burdett - Garfield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Burdett - Garfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Burdett - Garfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Burdett - Garfield may be for you.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Burdett - Garfield who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.72% of the adults in Burdett - Garfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Burdett - Garfield in 2022 was $44,242, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,968 for a family of four. However, Burdett - Garfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Burdett - Garfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burdett - Garfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Burdett - Garfield include German, Irish, English, Austrian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Burdett - Garfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 37.7% 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 Burdett - Garfield are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.7% 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 79.5% of America'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, 39.1% 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 22.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.1%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).

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 Burdett - Garfield, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.7%), along with some Austrian ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (45.6% 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 (10.8%) and 6.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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