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Healy - Cantwell, AK

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Overview


Healy - Cantwell is a very small town located in the state of Alaska. With a population of 1,646 people and just one neighborhood, Healy - Cantwell is the 42nd largest community in Alaska.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Healy - Cantwell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.93% of the Healy - Cantwell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Healy - Cantwell is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Healy - Cantwell who work in management occupations (7.51%), the sciences (6.32%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.25%).

Healy - Cantwell is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Healy - Cantwell, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Healy - Cantwell has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Healy - Cantwell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Healy - Cantwell is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Healy - Cantwell’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Healy - Cantwell has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Healy - Cantwell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Healy - Cantwell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Healy - Cantwell may be for you.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.33 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small town, Healy - Cantwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Healy - Cantwell is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.15% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Healy - Cantwell in 2022 was $73,692, which is wealthy relative to Alaska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $294,768 for a family of four.

Healy - Cantwell is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Healy - Cantwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Healy - Cantwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Healy - Cantwell include German, Northern European, English, Italian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Healy - Cantwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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 Healy - Cantwell, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 62.1%, which is higher than 99.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

More people in choose to walk to work each day (36.7%) 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.

Also, our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (32.8%) than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 51.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.2% of American neighborhoods.

Furthermore, the neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 97.8% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Healy - Cantwell 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 AK, 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 86.4% of the neighborhoods in Alaska. If you are considering retiring to Alaska, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.0% have Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Healy - Cantwell are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 51.9% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 7.2% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) and French.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Healy - Cantwell, AK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.1%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (56.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (36.7%) hop out the door and walk to work to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (32.8%) and 26.3% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile for their daily commute. This is a special neighborhood for the number of people who walk to work. Combining exercise, low cost, and reduced pollution, plus the chance to see your neighbors, walking to work is fairly uncommon in America but likely to increase as people try to reduce their dependence on automobiles, and this neighborhood offers that opportunity today.


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