Gypsum - Assaria is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 3,496 people and just one neighborhood, Gypsum - Assaria is the largest community in Kansas. Gypsum - Assaria has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Gypsum - Assaria isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gypsum - Assaria are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gypsum - Assaria is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gypsum - Assaria who work in management occupations (12.16%), office and administrative support (11.57%), and sales jobs (9.96%).
In addition, Gypsum - Assaria is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.
Gypsum - Assaria 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 town’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, Gypsum - Assaria’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Being a small town, Gypsum - Assaria does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Gypsum - Assaria is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.80% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Gypsum - Assaria in 2022 was $36,467, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,868 for a family of four. However, Gypsum - Assaria contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gypsum - Assaria is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gypsum - Assaria home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gypsum - Assaria residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gypsum - Assaria also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gypsum - Assaria include German, English, Swedish, Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Gypsum - Assaria is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 4.0% have Dutch 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 Gypsum - Assaria are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.8% 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, 32.5% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).
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 Gypsum - Assaria, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report Swedish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (9.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (12.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.