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Ranchester - Dayton, WY

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Overview


Ranchester - Dayton is a somewhat small town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 5,876 people and just one neighborhood, Ranchester - Dayton is the 18th largest community in Wyoming.

Ranchester - Dayton home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wyoming, but Ranchester - Dayton real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Ranchester - Dayton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ranchester - Dayton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ranchester - Dayton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ranchester - Dayton who work in management occupations (14.63%), office and administrative support (13.58%), and healthcare (7.72%).

Also of interest is that Ranchester - Dayton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Ranchester - Dayton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Ranchester - Dayton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Ranchester - Dayton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Ranchester - Dayton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Being a small town, Ranchester - Dayton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Ranchester - Dayton are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.28% of adults in Ranchester - Dayton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ranchester - Dayton in 2018 was $35,323, which is middle income relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,292 for a family of four. However, Ranchester - Dayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ranchester - Dayton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ranchester - Dayton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ranchester - Dayton include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Scandinavian.

The most common language spoken in Ranchester - Dayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ranchester - Dayton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 6 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.3%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 6.9% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Wyoming, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Wyoming.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 5.4% have Scottish 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 Ranchester - Dayton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.6% 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 62.7% of America'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, 39.2% 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 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.5%), and 15.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% 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 Ranchester - Dayton, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (5.4%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (47.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.2%) 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 (10.0%) . 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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