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Horton, KS

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Overview


Horton is a very small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,500 people and just one neighborhood, Horton is the 201st largest community in Kansas. Horton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Horton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.21% of the Horton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Horton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Horton who work in office and administrative support (13.10%), management occupations (8.94%), and sales jobs (6.93%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of people in Horton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Horton in 2022 was $23,385, which is low income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,540 for a family of four. However, Horton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Horton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Horton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Horton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Horton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Horton include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Horton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 15 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 8.1% have Norwegian ancestry.

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 Horton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.7% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.4%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Horton, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report English roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (8.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (7.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (12.0%) . 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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