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Lyman - Hamilton, WA

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Overview


Lyman - Hamilton is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,080 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.

Occupations and Workforce

Lyman - Hamilton is a blue-collar town, with 39.34% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Lyman - Hamilton 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. Lyman - Hamilton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lyman - Hamilton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lyman - Hamilton may be for you.

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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Lyman - Hamilton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.36% of the adults in Lyman - Hamilton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lyman - Hamilton in 2018 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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

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.

Real Estate

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.

Diversity

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.

The Neighbors

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.

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, 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.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 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.

Getting to Work

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.


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