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Bylas - Peridot, AZ

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Overview


Bylas - Peridot is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 4,828 people and just one neighborhood, Bylas - Peridot is the 77th largest community in Arizona.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bylas - Peridot is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bylas - Peridot is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bylas - Peridot who work in office and administrative support (20.04%), teaching (10.45%), and healthcare suport services (6.55%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Bylas - Peridot is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bylas - Peridot, the average commute to work is 33.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

Bylas - Peridot ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.55% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Bylas - Peridot in 2022 was $12,407, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $49,628 for a family of four. However, Bylas - Peridot contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bylas - Peridot also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Bylas - Peridot is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bylas - Peridot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bylas - Peridot residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bylas - Peridot include Scottish, French, German, European, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Bylas - Peridot is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 3 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Furthermore, 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 95.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

People

The neighborhood is unique for having just 3.6% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.2% of America's neighborhoods.

In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 57.4% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 24.6% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.7% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of all neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 79.8% have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 31.8% 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 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Bylas - Peridot are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.4% 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, 28.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.5%), and 19.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.2% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (31.8%).

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 Bylas - Peridot, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (79.8%). There are also a number of people of Scottish ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (1.7%).

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (10.7%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (72.9%) 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 (24.6%) . 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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