Overton - Sumner is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 2,421 people and just one neighborhood, Overton - Sumner is the 99th largest community in Nebraska. Overton - Sumner has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Overton - Sumner is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Overton - Sumner is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Overton - Sumner who work in office and administrative support (16.97%), management occupations (10.18%), and sales jobs (8.49%).
Being a small town, Overton - Sumner does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Overton - Sumner citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.44% of adults 25 and older in Overton - Sumner have a college degree.
The per capita income in Overton - Sumner in 2022 was $37,077, which is upper middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,308 for a family of four. However, Overton - Sumner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Overton - Sumner is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Overton - Sumner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Overton - Sumner residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Overton - Sumner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.77% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Overton - Sumner include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Overton - Sumner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 48.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 42.9% have German 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 Overton - Sumner are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.6% 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 69.0% of America'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, 28.3% 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.5%), and 19.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.4%).
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 Overton - Sumner, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.4%) 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 (13.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.