Ponderay - Kootenai is a very small town located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 4,993 people and just one neighborhood, Ponderay - Kootenai is the 42nd largest community in Idaho. Ponderay - Kootenai has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ponderay - Kootenai, where the median household income is $62,673.00.
Unlike some towns, Ponderay - Kootenai isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ponderay - Kootenai are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ponderay - Kootenai is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ponderay - Kootenai who work in sales jobs (19.04%), office and administrative support (15.51%), and food service (8.77%).
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.32 minutes getting to work every day.
The percentage of adults in Ponderay - Kootenai who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.04% of the adults in Ponderay - Kootenai have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ponderay - Kootenai in 2022 was $32,394, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,576 for a family of four. However, Ponderay - Kootenai contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ponderay - Kootenai is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ponderay - Kootenai home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ponderay - Kootenai residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ponderay - Kootenai include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ponderay - Kootenai is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Ponderay - Kootenai, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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. 68.2% 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 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.0%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 1.1% have Austrian 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 Ponderay - Kootenai are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.7% 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, 37.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.4%), and 17.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.2%).
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 Ponderay - Kootenai, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report English roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 (68.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (9.4%) and 6.7% 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.