Lochbuie is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,599 people and just one neighborhood, Lochbuie is the 62nd largest community in Colorado. Lochbuie has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Lochbuie, where the median household income is $97,009.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lochbuie is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lochbuie is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lochbuie who work in management occupations (15.36%), office and administrative support (12.07%), and sales jobs (8.49%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.21% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
One downside of living in Lochbuie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.02 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Lochbuie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Lochbuie is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.95% of adults 25 and older in Lochbuie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lochbuie in 2022 was $35,532, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,128 for a family of four. However, Lochbuie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lochbuie is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lochbuie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lochbuie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lochbuie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lochbuie include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Lochbuie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African 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.
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 Lochbuie are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.4% 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, 33.7% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (24.2%).
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 Lochbuie, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (38.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report English roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 10.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (72.4%) 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 (15.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.