Lagro is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 348 people and just one neighborhood, Lagro is the 431st largest community in Indiana. Lagro has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Lagro is a blue-collar town, with 46.15% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lagro is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lagro who work in maintenance occupations (12.43%), office and administrative support (7.69%), and management occupations (7.69%).
Overall, Lagro’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Lagro is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Lagro have a very low rate of college education: just 6.05% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Lagro in 2022 was $21,989, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,956 for a family of four. However, Lagro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lagro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lagro residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lagro include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Lagro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Of particular note, 3.9% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, if you are planning to retire in Indiana, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Indiana, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.7% of neighborhoods in IN. If a Indiana retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.6% of 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.
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 Lagro are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.1% 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 61.1% of America'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, 37.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 33.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.5%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.0%).
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 Lagro, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.3%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (41.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.5%) 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 (5.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.