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White River is a tiny city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 529 people and just one neighborhood, White River is the 113th largest community in South Dakota.
Occupations and Workforce
Unlike some cities, White River isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in White River are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, White River is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in White River who work in healthcare (14.29%), maintenance occupations (12.82%), and sales jobs (9.89%).
Setting & Lifestyle
White River is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Demographics
The percentage of people in White River with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.46% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in White River in 2022 was $17,086, which is low income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,344 for a family of four. However, White River contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. White River also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.77% of its population below the federal poverty line.
White River is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call White River home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White River residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in White River include German, Russian, Irish, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in White River is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and German/Yiddish.
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 1 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
People
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (57.6%) than found in 96.3% 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.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 62.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 0.9% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors
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 White River are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.3% 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, 50.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (9.9%), and 9.2% 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 88.3% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (7.6%).
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 White River, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (62.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report English roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 (54.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.1%) 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 (21.3%) and 5.5% 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.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
