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Honaker, VA

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Overview


Honaker is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,198 people and just one neighborhood, Honaker is the 268th largest community in Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Honaker is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.98% of the Honaker workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Honaker is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Honaker who work in healthcare (17.82%), office and administrative support (10.47%), and sales jobs (8.46%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Honaker’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

One downside of living in Honaker is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Honaker, the average commute to work is 32.15 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

In Honaker, just 10.32% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Honaker in 2022 was $24,976, which is low income relative to Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,904 for a family of four. However, Honaker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Honaker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Honaker residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Honaker include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Honaker is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

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 Honaker are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.0% 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, 47.1% 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 27.8% 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 8.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.

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 Honaker, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.0%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.9%).

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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (81.0%) 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 (12.8%) and 5.4% 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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