Erie - St. Paul is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 3,590 people and just one neighborhood, Erie - St. Paul is the 99th largest community in Kansas.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Erie - St. Paul is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Erie - St. Paul is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Erie - St. Paul who work in management occupations (15.09%), office and administrative support (9.03%), and healthcare (7.21%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.81% 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Erie - St. Paul doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Erie - St. Paul are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.96% of adults in Erie - St. Paul having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Erie - St. Paul in 2022 was $28,237, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,948 for a family of four. However, Erie - St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Erie - St. Paul is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Erie - St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Erie - St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Erie - St. Paul include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Erie - St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Erie - St. Paul, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 15 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.
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 Erie - St. Paul are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.2% 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, 39.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.9%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).
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 Erie - St. Paul, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.8%) 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 (16.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.