Winslow is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 760 people and just one neighborhood, Winslow is the 359th largest community in Indiana. Winslow has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Winslow, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 61.65% of Winslow’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Winslow is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winslow who work in management occupations (9.32%), office and administrative support (7.17%), and maintenance occupations (5.38%).
The town 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, Winslow has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Winslow a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Winslow, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.09 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Winslow doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Winslow have a very low rate of college education: just 8.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Winslow in 2022 was $27,678, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,712 for a family of four. However, Winslow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Winslow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winslow residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Winslow include German, English, Irish, Croatian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Winslow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Portuguese.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 91.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.8% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 0.5% have Czechoslovakian 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 Winslow are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.6% 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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.8%).
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 Winslow, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (28.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (76.8%) 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 (14.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.