Stanfield - Echo is a very small town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 3,754 people and just one neighborhood, Stanfield - Echo is the 104th largest community in Oregon.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Stanfield - Echo is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stanfield - Echo is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stanfield - Echo who work in office and administrative support (13.17%), management occupations (11.12%), and sales jobs (10.48%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Stanfield - Echo spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.05 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Stanfield - Echo doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Stanfield - Echo, just 10.29% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Stanfield - Echo in 2022 was $29,957, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,828 for a family of four. However, Stanfield - Echo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Stanfield - Echo is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stanfield - Echo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanfield - Echo residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Stanfield - Echo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.98% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stanfield - Echo include English, German, Irish, French, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Stanfield - Echo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 44 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents 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 Stanfield - Echo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.6% 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 56.4% 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, 31.6% 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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 17.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (16.9%).
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 Stanfield - Echo, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report Spanish roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.2%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (7.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.