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Lochbuie, CO

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Overview


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.

Occupations and Workforce

Lochbuie is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%).

A relatively large number of people in Lochbuie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.21% 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 downside of living in Lochbuie is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lochbuie, the average commute to work is 35.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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The Neighbors

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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.

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, 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.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (24.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

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.

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 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.


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