Conway Springs - Argonia is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 4,882 people and just one neighborhood, Conway Springs - Argonia is the 69th largest community in Kansas.
Unlike some towns, Conway Springs - Argonia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Conway Springs - Argonia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Conway Springs - Argonia is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Conway Springs - Argonia who work in teaching (16.88%), office and administrative support (12.25%), and management occupations (6.82%).
A relatively large number of people in Conway Springs - Argonia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.24% 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.
Conway Springs - Argonia 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 overall education level of Conway Springs - Argonia citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.29% of adults in Conway Springs - Argonia have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Conway Springs - Argonia in 2022 was $34,172, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,688 for a family of four. However, Conway Springs - Argonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Conway Springs - Argonia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conway Springs - Argonia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Conway Springs - Argonia include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Conway Springs - Argonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 13 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Conway Springs - Argonia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.2% 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 64.0% of America'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, 39.5% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.0%), and 15.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
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 Conway Springs - Argonia, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report English roots (13.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.