Bridgeport - Mansfield is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,196 people and just one neighborhood, Bridgeport - Mansfield is the 179th largest community in Washington.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bridgeport - Mansfield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.90% of the Bridgeport - Mansfield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bridgeport - Mansfield is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgeport - Mansfield who work in farm management occupations (36.66%), office and administrative support (8.35%), and management occupations (7.08%).
Another important characteristic of Bridgeport - Mansfield 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.
Bridgeport - Mansfield is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Bridgeport - Mansfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.96% of adults in Bridgeport - Mansfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Bridgeport - Mansfield in 2022 was $23,207, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,828 for a family of four. However, Bridgeport - Mansfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bridgeport - Mansfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bridgeport - Mansfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bridgeport - Mansfield, accounting for 64.88% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bridgeport - Mansfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeport - Mansfield include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bridgeport - Mansfield's cultural character, accounting for 36.16% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bridgeport - Mansfield is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
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 Bridgeport - Mansfield, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 5 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 64.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 58.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Bridgeport - Mansfield are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.3% 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, 36.7% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 20.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.8%), and 13.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 58.5% of households. Some people also speak English (41.3%).
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 Bridgeport - Mansfield, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (64.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.6%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.4%), among others. In addition, 36.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (33.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (15.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.