Arapahoe is a very small town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 1,612 people and just one neighborhood, Arapahoe is the 42nd largest community in Wyoming.
Arapahoe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Arapahoe is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Arapahoe who work in food service (14.92%), office and administrative support (14.58%), and maintenance occupations (10.81%).
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, Arapahoe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Arapahoe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Arapahoe is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.24 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.
Being a small town, Arapahoe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Arapahoe has a very low overall level of education: only 7.60% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Arapahoe in 2022 was $23,312, which is low income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,248 for a family of four. However, Arapahoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Arapahoe is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arapahoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arapahoe residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Arapahoe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Arapahoe include German, Irish, French, Swedish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Arapahoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 10 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.4% 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 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Arapahoe are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 29.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.7%), and 18.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.0% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (14.4%).
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 Arapahoe, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (47.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% 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 (12.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.