Lewis - Offerle is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,308 people and just one neighborhood, Lewis - Offerle is the 212th largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Lewis - Offerle was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Lewis - Offerle is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lewis - Offerle is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lewis - Offerle who work in management occupations (22.93%), office and administrative support (10.41%), and farm management occupations (9.05%).
Another important characteristic of Lewis - Offerle is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.58% 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, Lewis - Offerle’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Lewis - Offerle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Lewis - Offerle citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.43% of adults in Lewis - Offerle have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lewis - Offerle in 2022 was $34,515, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,060 for a family of four. However, Lewis - Offerle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lewis - Offerle is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lewis - Offerle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lewis - Offerle residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lewis - Offerle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lewis - Offerle include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Czechoslovakian.
The most common language spoken in Lewis - Offerle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 9.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 3.1% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Lewis - Offerle are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 32.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 83.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (15.1%).
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 Lewis - Offerle, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (19.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.