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Filer, ID

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Overview

Filer is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 3,040 people and just one neighborhood, Filer is the 63rd largest community in Idaho.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Filer is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.08% of the Filer workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Filer is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Filer who work in office and administrative support (13.45%), sales jobs (10.23%), and management occupations (8.94%).

A relatively large number of people in Filer telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.98% 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

Filer is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In Filer, just 11.89% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Filer in 2022 was $31,584, which is middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,336 for a family of four. However, Filer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Filer is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Filer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Filer residents report their race to be White. Filer also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Filer include English, German, Scottish, Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Filer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 5.2% have Scottish 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 Filer are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.4% 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 59.3% 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, 36.4% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.5%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.4%).

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 Filer, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (5.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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