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Woodburn, IN

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Overview


Woodburn is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,575 people and just one neighborhood, Woodburn is the 276th largest community in Indiana.

Woodburn real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although Woodburn house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Woodburn, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.28% of Woodburn’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Woodburn is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodburn who work in sales jobs (11.89%), office and administrative support (9.62%), and food service (8.87%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Woodburn is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Woodburn’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

As is often the case in a small city, Woodburn doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Woodburn rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.19% of adults 25 and older in Woodburn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Woodburn in 2022 was $21,900, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,600 for a family of four. However, Woodburn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Woodburn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodburn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Woodburn include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Car Ownership

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. 21.0% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Indiana. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 95.1% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Indiana. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 17.0% 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 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Woodburn are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.4% 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 73.7% of America'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, 39.8% 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.3%), and 9.9% 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 81.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Woodburn, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.1%). There are also a number of people of Swiss ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (76.7%) 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 (12.6%) . 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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