Stinesville is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 202 people and just one neighborhood, Stinesville is the 465th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Stinesville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Stinesville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.43% of the Stinesville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Stinesville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Stinesville who work in sales jobs (18.29%), community and social services (10.29%), and management occupations (8.57%).
Overall, Stinesville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Stinesville is worth considering.
One downside of living in Stinesville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stinesville, the average commute to work is 30.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Stinesville 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 rate of college-level education in Stinesville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.46% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Stinesville in 2022 was $31,553, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,212 for a family of four. However, Stinesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Stinesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stinesville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Stinesville include Irish, English, German, Italian, and British.
The most common language spoken in Stinesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Other Asian languages.
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 Stinesville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 25.3% have English ancestry.
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 Stinesville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.0% 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 61.6% 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, 37.2% 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 36.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (12.7%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.
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 Stinesville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (25.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report Dutch roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
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 (35.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.7%) 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 (15.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.