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Chiloquin, OR

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Overview


Chiloquin is a tiny city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 770 people and just one neighborhood, Chiloquin is the 195th largest community in Oregon.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Chiloquin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Chiloquin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chiloquin is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chiloquin who work in office and administrative support (18.25%), law enforcement and fire fighting (16.27%), and maintenance occupations (11.90%).

A relatively large number of people in Chiloquin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.31% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Chiloquin is worth considering.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Chiloquin spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.75 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

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

Demographics

The population of Chiloquin has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.29% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Chiloquin in 2022 was $23,040, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,160 for a family of four. However, Chiloquin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Chiloquin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chiloquin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chiloquin residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chiloquin include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Chiloquin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Chiloquin, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 13 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.4% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 16.8% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 3.1% have Ukrainian 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 Chiloquin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.7% 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, 32.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.4%), and 16.8% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.8%).

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 Chiloquin, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (19.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report English roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.0%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 (47.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

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 (7.6%) . 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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