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Duncan - Platte Center, NE

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Overview


Duncan - Platte Center is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 3,280 people and just one neighborhood, Duncan - Platte Center is the 68th largest community in Nebraska.

Duncan - Platte Center real estate is some of the most expensive in Nebraska, although Duncan - Platte Center house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Duncan - Platte Center isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Duncan - Platte Center are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Duncan - Platte Center is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Duncan - Platte Center who work in management occupations (19.18%), teaching (8.56%), and community and social services (8.12%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Duncan - Platte Center is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Duncan - Platte Center really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Duncan - Platte Center perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

As is often the case in a small town, Duncan - Platte Center doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The overall education level of Duncan - Platte Center citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.95% of adults in Duncan - Platte Center have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Duncan - Platte Center in 2018 was $45,629, which is wealthy relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,516 for a family of four. However, Duncan - Platte Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Duncan - Platte Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Duncan - Platte Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Duncan - Platte Center include German, Polish, Irish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Duncan - Platte Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 44.4% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

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 14 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

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 7.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Nebraska. 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 56.7% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 6.4% have Danish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 16.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% 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 Duncan - Platte Center are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.3% 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.

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, 48.4% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.6%), and 8.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (16.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Duncan - Platte Center, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (56.7%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.1%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (45.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (6.6%) . 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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