Medora is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 629 people and just one neighborhood, Medora is the 377th largest community in Indiana. Medora has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Medora, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.82% of Medora’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Medora is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Medora who work in sales jobs (21.57%), personal care services (11.66%), and healthcare suport services (7.00%).
A relatively large number of people in Medora telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.10% 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.
Overall, Medora’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The population of Medora has a very low overall level of education: only 7.83% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Medora in 2022 was $18,889, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,556 for a family of four. However, Medora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Medora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Medora residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Medora include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Lithuanian.
The most common language spoken in Medora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.0% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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 Medora are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.2% 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 78.3% of America'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, 38.1% 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.9%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Medora, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (1.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 (33.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.4%) 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.