Irwin is a tiny city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 286 people and just one neighborhood, Irwin is the 129th largest community in Idaho.
Irwin home prices are not only among the most expensive in Idaho, but Irwin real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Irwin is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Irwin is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Irwin who work in sales jobs (20.43%), office and administrative support (12.90%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.60%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.60% 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.
Irwin 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 city’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, Irwin’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Irwin has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Irwin a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Irwin, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Irwin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Irwin is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.04% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Irwin in 2022 was $38,094, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,376 for a family of four. However, Irwin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Irwin is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Irwin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Irwin residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Irwin include German, English, Irish, French, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Irwin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 72.2% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, if you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 14.9% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Idaho.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. 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 96.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 27.9% have English ancestry.
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 Irwin are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.4% 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 73.5% 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, 50.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.5%), and 12.8% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households.
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 Irwin, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (27.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.2%), and residents who report Swedish roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (4.8%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.
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 (41.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.0%) 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 (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.