Byers - Deer Trail is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 6,431 people and just one neighborhood, Byers - Deer Trail is the 79th largest community in Colorado.
Housing costs in Byers - Deer Trail 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 Colorado.
Unlike some towns, Byers - Deer Trail isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Byers - Deer Trail are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Byers - Deer Trail is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Byers - Deer Trail who work in office and administrative support (11.53%), management occupations (11.03%), and healthcare suport services (7.85%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Byers - Deer Trail is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Byers - Deer Trail’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Byers - Deer Trail, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.47 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Byers - Deer Trail is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Byers - Deer Trail who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.41% of the adults in Byers - Deer Trail have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Byers - Deer Trail in 2022 was $39,299, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,196 for a family of four. However, Byers - Deer Trail contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Byers - Deer Trail is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Byers - Deer Trail home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Byers - Deer Trail residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Byers - Deer Trail also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Byers - Deer Trail include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Byers - Deer Trail is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 50.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 14 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Byers - Deer Trail are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 74.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.4% of U.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, 33.3% 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 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.4%), and 14.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Byers - Deer Trail, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report Mexican roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (12.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.2%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (45.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (5.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.