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Brewster - Pateros, WA

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Overview


Brewster - Pateros is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,782 people and just one neighborhood, Brewster - Pateros is the 137th largest community in Washington.

Occupations and Workforce

Brewster - Pateros is a blue-collar town, with 49.43% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brewster - Pateros is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brewster - Pateros who work in farm management occupations (26.82%), office and administrative support (12.13%), and management occupations (8.63%).

A relatively large number of people in Brewster - Pateros telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.06% 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

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Brewster - Pateros spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.23 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Brewster - Pateros with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.59% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brewster - Pateros in 2022 was $21,552, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,208 for a family of four. However, Brewster - Pateros contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Brewster - Pateros is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brewster - Pateros home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Brewster - Pateros, accounting for 62.64% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Brewster - Pateros residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brewster - Pateros include German, Irish, English, European, and Norwegian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Brewster - Pateros's cultural character, accounting for 31.58% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Brewster - Pateros is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Brewster - Pateros, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

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 26.8% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 94.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 60.9% have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 57.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Brewster - Pateros are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.1% 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, 26.8% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 22.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 17.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 57.1% of households. Some people also speak English (42.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Brewster - Pateros, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (60.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.8%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 31.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 (52.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (68.4%) 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 (13.7%) . 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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