Elgin - Clearwater is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 2,594 people and just one neighborhood, Elgin - Clearwater is the 93rd largest community in Nebraska. Much of the housing stock in Elgin - Clearwater was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Elgin - Clearwater isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Elgin - Clearwater are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elgin - Clearwater is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elgin - Clearwater who work in management occupations (17.08%), healthcare (9.81%), and office and administrative support (8.19%).
Elgin - Clearwater is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Elgin - Clearwater citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.05% of adults in Elgin - Clearwater have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Elgin - Clearwater in 2022 was $32,835, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,340 for a family of four. However, Elgin - Clearwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Elgin - Clearwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elgin - Clearwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elgin - Clearwater include German, Irish, Swedish, English, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Elgin - Clearwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Elgin - Clearwater, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 6.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 7 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.7% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 49.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 4.3% have Danish ancestry.
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 Elgin - Clearwater are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.4% 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, 39.9% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.9%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.6%).
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 Elgin - Clearwater, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (49.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Swedish roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.0%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 (44.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.2%) 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 (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.