Dupont is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 338 people and just one neighborhood, Dupont is the 434th largest community in Indiana.
Dupont is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dupont is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dupont who work in office and administrative support (15.60%), sales jobs (10.64%), and healthcare (7.80%).
Also of interest is that Dupont has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Dupont is also a town of artists. Dupont has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Dupont’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Overall, Dupont’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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, Dupont is worth considering.
Being a small town, Dupont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Dupont is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.67% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dupont in 2022 was $27,477, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,908 for a family of four. However, Dupont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dupont is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dupont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dupont residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dupont include German, Irish, English, British, and Portuguese.
The most common language spoken in Dupont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.2% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of all American neighborhoods.
Significantly, 1.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Dupont are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.3% 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, 35.8% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.9%).
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 Dupont, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (92.2%) 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.