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Chugwater, WY

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Overview


Chugwater is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 174 people and just one neighborhood, Chugwater is the 67th largest community in Wyoming.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chugwater is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chugwater is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chugwater who work in management occupations (24.29%), teaching (20.00%), and office and administrative support (14.29%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Chugwater’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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

In Chugwater, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Chugwater doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Chugwater are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.41% of adults in Chugwater have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Chugwater in 2018 was $31,164, which is lower middle income relative to Wyoming, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,656 for a family of four.

The people who call Chugwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chugwater residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Chugwater include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Chugwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 2 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.0% of America.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 74.1% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 21.2% have English ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Chugwater are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.1% 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 78.5% 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, 39.5% 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 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.9%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Chugwater, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (21.2%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (74.2%) 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 (17.5%) . 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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