Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 1,672 people and just one neighborhood, Red Cloud - Guide Rock is the 137th largest community in Nebraska. Red Cloud - Guide Rock has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Red Cloud - Guide Rock is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Red Cloud - Guide Rock who work in management occupations (15.38%), office and administrative support (12.44%), and sales jobs (6.22%).
Because of many things, Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Red Cloud - Guide Rock a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Red Cloud - Guide Rock has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Red Cloud - Guide Rock’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Red Cloud - Guide Rock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Red Cloud - Guide Rock are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.95% of adults in Red Cloud - Guide Rock have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Red Cloud - Guide Rock in 2022 was $34,905, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,620 for a family of four. However, Red Cloud - Guide Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Red Cloud - Guide Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Red Cloud - Guide Rock residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Red Cloud - Guide Rock include German, Irish, English, Danish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Red Cloud - Guide Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
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 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 36.1% 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 Red Cloud - Guide Rock are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.8% 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 58.6% 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, 32.2% 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 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 16.5% 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 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).
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 Red Cloud - Guide Rock, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report English roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.0%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (12.9%) and 6.6% 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.