Powers is a tiny city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 709 people and just one neighborhood, Powers is the 197th largest community in Oregon. Much of the housing stock in Powers was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Powers is a blue-collar town, with 53.04% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Powers is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Powers who work in teaching (23.91%), healthcare suport services (8.70%), and farm management occupations (7.39%).
Of important note, Powers is also a city of artists. Powers has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Powers’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Powers telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.20% 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.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Powers has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Powers has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Powers than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Powers may be for you.
One downside of living in Powers, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.91 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Powers does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Powers have a very low rate of college education: just 9.09% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Powers in 2022 was $21,628, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,512 for a family of four.
Powers is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Powers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Powers residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Powers include German, Dutch, Irish, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Powers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Powers, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 10.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 5 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (11.9%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (54.9%) than found in 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 4.2% have Portuguese ancestry.
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 Powers are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 54.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.6% 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, 38.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.6%), and 11.9% 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 99.0% of households.
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 Powers, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (5.6%), along with some Portuguese ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (57.8%) 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 (14.6%) and 11.9% 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.