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Kahlotus, WA

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Overview


Kahlotus is a tiny city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 138 people and just one neighborhood, Kahlotus is the 326th largest community in Washington.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Kahlotus, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.24% of Kahlotus’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kahlotus is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kahlotus who work in art, media, and design (15.85%), business and financial occupations (12.20%), and teaching (10.98%).

Of important note, Kahlotus is also a city of artists. Kahlotus has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Kahlotus’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Kahlotus’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Kahlotus has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kahlotus a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Kahlotus, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.45 minutes every day commuting to work.

Kahlotus is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Kahlotus has a very low overall level of education: only 8.94% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Kahlotus in 2022 was $36,108, which is middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,432 for a family of four. However, Kahlotus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kahlotus is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kahlotus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kahlotus residents report their race to be White. Kahlotus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kahlotus include Irish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Kahlotus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Kahlotus, 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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (33.2%) than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

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 3 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.8% of America.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.9% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Washington, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Washington.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry.

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 Kahlotus are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 36.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 31.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 11.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

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 69.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Kahlotus, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (27.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.4%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.9%), among others. In addition, 22.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 (45.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (57.0%) 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 (33.2%) . 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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