Stockton - Rush Valley is a very small town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 4,392 people and just one neighborhood, Stockton - Rush Valley is the 112th largest community in Utah. Stockton - Rush Valley has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Stockton - Rush Valley, where the median household income is $126,250.00.
Housing costs in Stockton - Rush Valley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Utah.
Stockton - Rush Valley is a blue-collar town, with 35.37% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Stockton - Rush Valley is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Stockton - Rush Valley who work in office and administrative support (16.28%), management occupations (12.52%), and teaching (7.56%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Stockton - Rush Valley is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Stockton - Rush Valley’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Stockton - Rush Valley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.45 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, Stockton - Rush Valley is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.61% of adults 25 and older in Stockton - Rush Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Stockton - Rush Valley in 2022 was $40,199, which is wealthy relative to Utah, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,796 for a family of four.
Stockton - Rush Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stockton - Rush Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stockton - Rush Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Stockton - Rush Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stockton - Rush Valley include English, German, European, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Stockton - Rush Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
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 Stockton - Rush Valley, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America.
In addition, real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.
Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 41.7% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 1.5% have Yugoslav 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 Stockton - Rush Valley are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 88.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.4% 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 73.8% of America'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, 35.1% 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 33.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.6%), and 15.0% 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 90.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.4%).
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 Stockton - Rush Valley, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (41.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report German roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.6%), along with some Scottish 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (38.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (77.2%) 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 (10.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.