McIntosh - Bullhead is a very small town located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 1,611 people and just one neighborhood, McIntosh - Bullhead is the 76th largest community in South Dakota.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, McIntosh - Bullhead is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McIntosh - Bullhead is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McIntosh - Bullhead who work in management occupations (47.49%), teaching (7.28%), and office and administrative support (6.93%).
A relatively large number of people in McIntosh - Bullhead telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 45.14% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
The overall crime rate in McIntosh - Bullhead is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
McIntosh - Bullhead 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 citizens of McIntosh - Bullhead are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.82% of adults in McIntosh - Bullhead have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in McIntosh - Bullhead in 2022 was $21,768, which is low income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,072 for a family of four. However, McIntosh - Bullhead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McIntosh - Bullhead also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.64% of its population below the federal poverty line.
McIntosh - Bullhead is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McIntosh - Bullhead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McIntosh - Bullhead residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in McIntosh - Bullhead include German, Norwegian, Irish, Russian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in McIntosh - Bullhead 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 McIntosh - Bullhead, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the neighborhood, analysis shows that 45.1% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.
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 1 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.4% of America.
Of note, 61.1% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 33.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 52.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 5.6% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.2% 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.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 McIntosh - Bullhead are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 61.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.1% 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, 63.8% 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 15.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (8.8%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.6% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (11.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in McIntosh - Bullhead, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (52.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (24.1%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.2%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 (39.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (46.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.