Dallesport - Lyle is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,660 people and just one neighborhood, Dallesport - Lyle is the 140th largest community in Washington.
Unlike some towns, Dallesport - Lyle isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dallesport - Lyle are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dallesport - Lyle is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dallesport - Lyle who work in management occupations (19.01%), sales jobs (8.36%), and office and administrative support (8.16%).
Of important note, Dallesport - Lyle is also a town of artists. Dallesport - Lyle has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Dallesport - Lyle’s character.
Also of interest is that Dallesport - Lyle has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Dallesport - Lyle telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Dallesport - Lyle’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The citizens of Dallesport - Lyle are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.57% of adults in Dallesport - Lyle having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dallesport - Lyle in 2022 was $32,321, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,284 for a family of four. However, Dallesport - Lyle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dallesport - Lyle is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dallesport - Lyle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dallesport - Lyle residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dallesport - Lyle include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Dallesport - Lyle 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.
If you are planning to retire in Washington, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Washington, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 96.9% of neighborhoods in WA. If a Washington retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.3% have Romanian ancestry.
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 Dallesport - Lyle are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.8% 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, 45.6% 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 21.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 12.2% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.6%).
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 Dallesport - Lyle, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report English roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (6.0%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.0%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.