Kila is a tiny town located in the state of Montana. With a population of 424 people and just one neighborhood, Kila is the 123rd largest community in Montana. Much of the housing stock in Kila was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Kila economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Kila, where the median household income is .
Kila home prices are not only among the most expensive in Montana, but Kila real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Unlike some towns, Kila isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kila are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kila is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kila who work in management occupations (35.78%), sales jobs (20.59%), and office and administrative support (8.82%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kila has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kila has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kila than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kila may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Kila doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Kila ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Kila, 47.53% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Kila in 2022 was $30,315, which is middle income relative to Montana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,260 for a family of four. However, Kila contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kila is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kila home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kila residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kila include English, Irish, Norwegian, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Kila is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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 Kila, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 94.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 2.5% have Native American 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 Kila are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.7% 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 76.2% 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, 30.4% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (28.3%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% 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 Kila, MT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report English roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (9.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.3%), 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 (59.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.8%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.