Pilger is a tiny village located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 232 people and just one neighborhood, Pilger is the 198th largest community in Nebraska. Pilger has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Pilger is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pilger is a village of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pilger who work in food service (12.35%), teaching (10.49%), and healthcare (8.64%).
Also of interest is that Pilger has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Pilger is also a village of artists. Pilger has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pilger’s character.
Because of many things, Pilger is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pilger a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Pilger has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pilger’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
As is often the case in a small village, Pilger doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Pilger citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.58% of adults in Pilger have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pilger in 2022 was $26,812, 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 $107,248 for a family of four. However, Pilger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pilger is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Pilger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pilger residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pilger include German, English, Irish, Czech, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Pilger is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Italian.
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 Pilger, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.3% of America.
In addition, if you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood. With 56.2% of the residential real estate in the neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 95.6% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 87.5% of the neighborhoods in NE. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 46.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 0.9% have Austrian 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 Pilger are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.8% of America'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, 43.4% 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 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.4%), and 10.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.9%).
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 Pilger, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (46.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.9%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (4.3%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.4%) 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 (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.