Crofton - Niobrara is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 3,179 people and just one neighborhood, Crofton - Niobrara is the 70th largest community in Nebraska.
Unlike some towns, Crofton - Niobrara isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Crofton - Niobrara are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Crofton - Niobrara is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Crofton - Niobrara who work in management occupations (18.39%), office and administrative support (13.70%), and healthcare (7.71%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.32% 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.
The percentage of adults in Crofton - Niobrara who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.93% of the adults in Crofton - Niobrara have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Crofton - Niobrara in 2022 was $29,069, which is lower middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,276 for a family of four. However, Crofton - Niobrara contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Crofton - Niobrara is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Crofton - Niobrara home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crofton - Niobrara residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Crofton - Niobrara include German, Irish, Czech, English, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Crofton - Niobrara is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
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 8 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.6% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 44.5% have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% 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 Crofton - Niobrara are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.6% 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, 37.0% 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 22.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 16.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
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 Crofton - Niobrara, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.5%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (17.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 (44.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (69.5%) 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 (11.4%) and 7.0% 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.