Alcova is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 34 people and just one neighborhood, Alcova is the 72nd largest community in Wyoming. Much of the housing stock in Alcova was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Alcova economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Alcova, where the median household income is .
Alcova home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wyoming, but Alcova real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
When you are in Alcova, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.76% of Alcova’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alcova is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alcova who work in office and administrative support (44.58%), personal care services (15.66%), and sales jobs (0.00%).
A relatively large number of people in Alcova telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 84.34% 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 Alcova 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.
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!) Alcova 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. Alcova has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alcova than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alcova may be for you.
One downside of living in Alcova, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.50 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Alcova does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Alcova are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.16% of adults in Alcova have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Alcova in 2022 was $47,822, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,288 for a family of four.
The people who call Alcova home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alcova residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Alcova include English, German, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Alcova is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and German/Yiddish.
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 Alcova, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, of particular note, 9.5% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
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 99.5% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 46.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 7.1% have Scottish ancestry.
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 Alcova are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 42.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 22.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.2%), and 16.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
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 Alcova, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (15.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (7.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (6.1%), 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 (35.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.0%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.