Fort Duchesne is a tiny town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 546 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Duchesne is the 145th largest community in Utah.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Duchesne is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Duchesne is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Duchesne who work in office and administrative support (28.89%), sales jobs (22.22%), and management occupations (11.11%).
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!) Fort Duchesne 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. Fort Duchesne has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Duchesne than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Duchesne may be for you.
One of the benefits of Fort Duchesne is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.23 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Fort Duchesne doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Fort Duchesne ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.55% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Duchesne in 2022 was $24,739, which is low income relative to Utah, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,956 for a family of four. However, Fort Duchesne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Duchesne also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 47.67% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Fort Duchesne is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Duchesne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Duchesne residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Fort Duchesne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.15% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Duchesne include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Duchesne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
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 2 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 26.5% have English ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 22.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Fort Duchesne are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.8% of U.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, 31.5% 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 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 (22.1%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
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 Fort Duchesne, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (26.5%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (21.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.7%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.5%), 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 (42.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.6%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.