Colome is a tiny city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 326 people and just one neighborhood, Colome is the 127th largest community in South Dakota.
Colome is a blue-collar town, with 49.70% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Colome is a city of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colome who work in teaching (17.96%), food service (9.58%), and sales jobs (8.98%).
Colome’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Colome spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.31 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Colome doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Colome citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.07% of adults in Colome have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Colome in 2022 was $19,515, which is low income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,060 for a family of four. Colome also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.59% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Colome is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Colome home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colome residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Colome include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Colome is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 14.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 36.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (10.9%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Colome is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in SD, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.2% of the neighborhoods in South Dakota. If you are considering retiring to South Dakota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 46.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 9.8% have Native American ancestry.
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 Colome are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.2% of U.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, 42.2% 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 21.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.5%), and 14.7% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.
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 Colome, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (46.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Native American roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Norwegian 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 (49.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (10.9%) and 6.9% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.