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Lynnville - Elberfeld, IN

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Overview


Lynnville - Elberfeld is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,480 people and just one neighborhood, Lynnville - Elberfeld is the 171st largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Lynnville - Elberfeld is a blue-collar town, with 40.83% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lynnville - Elberfeld is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lynnville - Elberfeld who work in management occupations (13.81%), sales jobs (8.61%), and office and administrative support (7.72%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Lynnville - Elberfeld is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Lynnville - Elberfeld’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Lynnville - Elberfeld 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.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Lynnville - Elberfeld with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.66% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lynnville - Elberfeld in 2018 was $37,097, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,388 for a family of four. However, Lynnville - Elberfeld contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lynnville - Elberfeld home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lynnville - Elberfeld residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Lynnville - Elberfeld include German, English, Irish, French, and Northern European.

The most common language spoken in Lynnville - Elberfeld is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Indiana. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

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 Lynnville - Elberfeld are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.9% 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 71.9% of America'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, 39.6% 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 31.3% 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 9.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.

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 Lynnville - Elberfeld, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (7.3%) . 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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