Colony is a tiny city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 375 people and just one neighborhood, Colony is the 269th largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Colony was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Colony is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.91% of the Colony workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Colony is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colony who work in sales jobs (18.13%), office and administrative support (11.54%), and food service (6.59%).
Also of interest is that Colony has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Colony’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 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, Colony has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Colony a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small city, Colony doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Colony has a very low overall level of education: only 8.37% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Colony in 2022 was $24,915, which is low income relative to Kansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,660 for a family of four.
The people who call Colony home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colony residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Colony include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Colony is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
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 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.9% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 1.6% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Colony are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.8% 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, 39.9% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.6%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.9%).
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 Colony, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (34.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.