Dillsboro is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,379 people and just one neighborhood, Dillsboro is the 290th largest community in Indiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dillsboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.05% of the Dillsboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dillsboro is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dillsboro who work in office and administrative support (14.75%), sales jobs (13.79%), and healthcare suport services (6.47%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Dillsboro is worth considering.
One downside of living in Dillsboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.27 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Dillsboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Dillsboro is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.69% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dillsboro in 2022 was $26,363, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,452 for a family of four. However, Dillsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dillsboro is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dillsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dillsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dillsboro include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Dillsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch 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 Dillsboro are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 23.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.1% 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, 35.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 23.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.6%), and 17.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% 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 Dillsboro, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (8.4%) and 5.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.