Wanatah - La Crosse is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,789 people and just one neighborhood, Wanatah - La Crosse is the 156th largest community in Indiana. Wanatah - La Crosse has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Wanatah - La Crosse, where the median household income is $55,549.00.
When you are in Wanatah - La Crosse, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.01% of Wanatah - La Crosse’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wanatah - La Crosse is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wanatah - La Crosse who work in office and administrative support (12.70%), maintenance occupations (10.07%), and management occupations (8.49%).
One downside of living in Wanatah - La Crosse, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.78 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Wanatah - La Crosse are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.71% of adults in Wanatah - La Crosse have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Wanatah - La Crosse in 2022 was $27,919, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,676 for a family of four. However, Wanatah - La Crosse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Wanatah - La Crosse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wanatah - La Crosse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wanatah - La Crosse include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Wanatah - La Crosse is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 34 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Greek and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Greek ancestry and 36.6% have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Wanatah - La Crosse are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.3%), and 19.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Wanatah - La Crosse, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.5%), and residents who report English roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.9%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.