Wadsworth - Nixon is a very small town located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 1,929 people and just one neighborhood, Wadsworth - Nixon is the 36th largest community in Nevada.
Unlike some towns, Wadsworth - Nixon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wadsworth - Nixon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wadsworth - Nixon is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wadsworth - Nixon who work in management occupations (9.92%), office and administrative support (8.37%), and maintenance occupations (7.20%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Wadsworth - Nixon, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.73% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Wadsworth - Nixon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Wadsworth - Nixon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wadsworth - Nixon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wadsworth - Nixon may be for you.
Being a small town, Wadsworth - Nixon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Wadsworth - Nixon is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.46% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wadsworth - Nixon in 2022 was $25,018, which is low income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,072 for a family of four. However, Wadsworth - Nixon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wadsworth - Nixon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wadsworth - Nixon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wadsworth - Nixon residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Wadsworth - Nixon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wadsworth - Nixon include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Wadsworth - Nixon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages 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 Wadsworth - Nixon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 3 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 97.7% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 95.8% 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.
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, 60.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.3% 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 99.8% 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 Wadsworth - Nixon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 43.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.5% 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, 32.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.7%), and 13.2% 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 84.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages, Spanish and Italian.
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 Wadsworth - Nixon, NV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (60.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report German roots (4.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.5%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.