Lyman - Hamilton is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,073 people and just one neighborhood, Lyman - Hamilton is the 177th largest community in Washington.
Housing costs in Lyman - Hamilton are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lyman - Hamilton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.34% of the Lyman - Hamilton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lyman - Hamilton is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyman - Hamilton who work in management occupations (11.83%), office and administrative support (10.05%), and healthcare (6.29%).
Lyman - Hamilton is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Lyman - Hamilton, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lyman - Hamilton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lyman - Hamilton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lyman - Hamilton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lyman - Hamilton, the average commute to work is 33.96 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Lyman - Hamilton citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.36% of adults 25 and older in Lyman - Hamilton have a college degree.
The per capita income in Lyman - Hamilton in 2022 was $39,083, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,332 for a family of four. However, Lyman - Hamilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lyman - Hamilton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lyman - Hamilton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyman - Hamilton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lyman - Hamilton include Irish, German, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Lyman - Hamilton 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.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 98.8% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the 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 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 7.9% have Norwegian 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 Lyman - Hamilton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.1% 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 55.5% 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, 38.0% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.0%).
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 Lyman - Hamilton, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.1%), and residents who report English roots (15.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (7.4%), 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 (30.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.7%) 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 (16.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.