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Westhope - Lansford, ND

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Overview


Westhope - Lansford is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 1,724 people and just one neighborhood, Westhope - Lansford is the 58th largest community in North Dakota.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Westhope - Lansford, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.58% of Westhope - Lansford’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Westhope - Lansford is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Westhope - Lansford who work in management occupations (20.56%), office and administrative support (9.21%), and sales jobs (7.34%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Westhope - Lansford is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Westhope - Lansford a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Westhope - Lansford has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Westhope - Lansford’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small town, Westhope - Lansford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Westhope - Lansford citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.76% of adults in Westhope - Lansford have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Westhope - Lansford in 2022 was $40,562, which is upper middle income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,248 for a family of four. However, Westhope - Lansford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Westhope - Lansford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Westhope - Lansford residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Westhope - Lansford include Norwegian, German, English, Swedish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Westhope - Lansford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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 2 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, with 1.5% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 95.2% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 41.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 7.9% have Swedish 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 Westhope - Lansford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.3% 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 57.8% of America'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, 35.1% 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 34.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.8%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).

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 Westhope - Lansford, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Norwegian (41.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (35.1%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (7.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 (44.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (65.7%) 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 (19.3%) and 7.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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