Falls City is a very small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 4,052 people and just one neighborhood, Falls City is the 51st largest community in Nebraska. Much of the housing stock in Falls City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Unlike some cities, Falls City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Falls City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Falls City is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falls City who work in healthcare (11.01%), sales jobs (9.02%), and office and administrative support (7.69%).
Also of interest is that Falls City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Falls City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.53 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Falls City is a small city, 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 Falls City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.75% of adults in Falls City have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Falls City in 2022 was $27,928, which is low income relative to Nebraska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,712 for a family of four. However, Falls City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Falls City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falls City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Falls City include German, Irish, English, French Canadian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Falls City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek 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 Falls City, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 73.0% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 2.5% have French Canadian 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 Falls City are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.0% 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, 31.7% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.6%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% 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 Falls City, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report English roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (2.7%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 (73.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.