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Noxon, MT

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Overview


Noxon is a tiny town located in the state of Montana. With a population of 255 people and just one neighborhood, Noxon is the 137th largest community in Montana.

Occupations and Workforce

Noxon is a blue-collar town, with 39.00% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Noxon is a town of professionals, service providers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Noxon who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (23.00%), teaching (21.00%), and farm management occupations (20.00%).

Another important characteristic of Noxon is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Setting & Lifestyle

Noxon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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, Noxon is worth considering.

Being a small town, Noxon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Noxon with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.66% of adults in Noxon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Noxon in 2022 was $29,850, which is middle income relative to Montana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,400 for a family of four. However, Noxon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Noxon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Noxon residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Noxon include German, Polish, English, Swedish, and Irish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 4 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the neighborhood.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 3.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 12.1% have Norwegian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Noxon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.6% of U.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, 35.4% 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 31.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.2%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (5.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Noxon, MT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (12.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (11.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (35.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (63.0%) 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 (17.7%) and 6.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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