Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 1,732 people and just one neighborhood, Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is the 152nd largest community in Colorado.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is a town of managers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson who work in management occupations (24.72%), office and administrative support (7.11%), and teaching (6.77%).
A relatively large number of people in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.71% 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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.38 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson 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 education level of Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.43% of adults in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson in 2022 was $38,791, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,164 for a family of four. However, Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and South African.
The most common language spoken in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 6.2% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 62.6% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in CO, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.9% of the neighborhoods in Colorado. If you are considering retiring to Colorado, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 36.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.1% 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, 46.6% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.8%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 87.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, German/Yiddish, Italian and Polish.
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 Cheyenne Wells - Kit Carson, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.8%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (74.8%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.