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Upton, WY

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Overview

Upton is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 900 people and just one neighborhood, Upton is the 54th largest community in Wyoming.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Upton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.07% of the Upton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Upton is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Upton who work in office and administrative support (18.37%), sales jobs (6.68%), and management occupations (6.05%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Upton 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. Upton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Upton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Upton may be for you.

Demographics

The population of Upton has a very low overall level of education: only 7.57% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Upton in 2022 was $46,020, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,080 for a family of four. However, Upton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Upton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Upton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Upton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Upton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Upton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 1 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.3% of America.

People

Of particular note, 13.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 10.3% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of all neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav 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 Upton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.1% 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, 42.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.4%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 96.5% 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 Upton, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.

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 (38.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (10.3%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (68.8%) 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 (9.3%) and 8.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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