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    Dove Creek - Rico, CO

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    Overview

    Dove Creek - Rico is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,467 people and just one neighborhood, Dove Creek - Rico is the 134th largest community in Colorado.

    Occupations and Workforce

    Unlike some towns, Dove Creek - Rico isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dove Creek - Rico are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dove Creek - Rico is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dove Creek - Rico who work in management occupations (16.17%), computer science and math (12.43%), and business and financial occupations (11.53%).

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

    A relatively large number of people in Dove Creek - Rico telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

    Setting & Lifestyle

    One of the benefits of Dove Creek - Rico is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.72 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.

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

    Demographics

    In terms of college education, Dove Creek - Rico is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.10% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

    The per capita income in Dove Creek - Rico in 2022 was $41,013, 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 $164,052 for a family of four. However, Dove Creek - Rico contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

    Dove Creek - Rico is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dove Creek - Rico home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dove Creek - Rico residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dove Creek - Rico include German, English, Irish, Northern European, and Italian.

    The most common language spoken in Dove Creek - Rico is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

    Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

    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.

    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 2 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

    People

    Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 98.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

    In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Dove Creek - Rico is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in CO, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.0% of the neighborhoods in Colorado. If you are considering retiring to Colorado, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

    Occupations

    The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 16.7% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

    Length of Commute

    Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 67.3% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

    Car Ownership

    We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

    Diversity

    Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 3.4% have Scots-Irish 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 Dove Creek - Rico are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.5% 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, 48.2% 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 18.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.9%), and 16.7% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).

    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 Dove Creek - Rico, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (9.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (67.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

    Here most residents (71.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (7.3%) . 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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