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Pender - Macy, NE

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Overview


Pender - Macy is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 4,048 people and just one neighborhood, Pender - Macy is the 50th largest community in Nebraska.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pender - Macy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pender - Macy is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pender - Macy who work in office and administrative support (12.73%), management occupations (9.80%), and teaching (9.62%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Pender - Macy’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Demographics

The citizens of Pender - Macy are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.99% of adults in Pender - Macy having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pender - Macy in 2022 was $23,317, which is low income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,268 for a family of four. However, Pender - Macy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pender - Macy is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pender - Macy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pender - Macy residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pender - Macy include German, Irish, Swedish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Pender - Macy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.7%) living in the neighborhood.

Real Estate

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 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.8% 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 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Pender - Macy are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.1% 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, 34.9% 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 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Pender - Macy, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (47.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.4%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (51.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.0%) 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 (13.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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