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Does real estate here hold its value?
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Brewster - Pateros is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,782 people and just one neighborhood, Brewster - Pateros is the 137th largest community in Washington.
Occupations and Workforce
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Brewster - Pateros is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.43% of the Brewster - Pateros workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Brewster - Pateros is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brewster - Pateros who work in farm management occupations (26.82%), office and administrative support (12.13%), and management occupations (8.63%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.06% 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.
Setting & Lifestyle
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Brewster - Pateros spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.23 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Demographics
In Brewster - Pateros, just 12.59% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Brewster - Pateros in 2022 was $21,552, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,208 for a family of four. However, Brewster - Pateros contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brewster - Pateros is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brewster - Pateros home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Brewster - Pateros, accounting for 62.64% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Brewster - Pateros residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brewster - Pateros include German, Irish, English, European, and Norwegian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Brewster - Pateros's cultural character, accounting for 31.58% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Brewster - Pateros is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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 Brewster - Pateros, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Occupations
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 99.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Real Estate
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 60.9% have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 57.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Brewster - Pateros are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.1% 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, 26.8% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 22.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 17.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 57.1% of households. Some people also speak English (42.4%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Brewster - Pateros, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (60.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.8%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 31.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (52.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.4%) 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 (13.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
