Whitewater - Potwin is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 3,117 people and just one neighborhood, Whitewater - Potwin is the 115th largest community in Kansas.
When you are in Whitewater - Potwin, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.39% of Whitewater - Potwin’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Whitewater - Potwin is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitewater - Potwin who work in office and administrative support (17.29%), teaching (7.54%), and management occupations (7.33%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Whitewater - Potwin is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Whitewater - Potwin a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Whitewater - Potwin has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Whitewater - Potwin’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Whitewater - Potwin 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 population of Whitewater - Potwin overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Whitewater - Potwin, 21.79% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Whitewater - Potwin in 2022 was $30,051, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,204 for a family of four. However, Whitewater - Potwin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whitewater - Potwin is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Whitewater - Potwin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitewater - Potwin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Whitewater - Potwin include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and European.
The most common language spoken in Whitewater - Potwin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Kansas. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
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 Whitewater - Potwin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.5% 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 73.2% 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, 39.8% 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 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 9.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.7%).
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 Whitewater - Potwin, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.7%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.9%) 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 (6.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.