Lyman - Hamilton is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,080 people and just one neighborhood, Lyman - Hamilton is the 177th largest community in Washington.
Housing costs in Lyman - Hamilton 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 Washington.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lyman - Hamilton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.34% of the Lyman - Hamilton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lyman - Hamilton is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyman - Hamilton who work in management occupations (11.83%), office and administrative support (10.05%), and healthcare (6.29%).
There are many members of the armed forces living in Lyman - Hamilton. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lyman - Hamilton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lyman - Hamilton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lyman - Hamilton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.96 minutes every day commuting to work.
The education level of Lyman - Hamilton citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.36% of adults 25 and older in Lyman - Hamilton have a college degree.
The per capita income in Lyman - Hamilton in 2022 was $39,083, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,332 for a family of four. However, Lyman - Hamilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lyman - Hamilton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lyman - Hamilton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyman - Hamilton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lyman - Hamilton include Irish, German, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Lyman - Hamilton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 98.8% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
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 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.4% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 7.9% have Norwegian 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 Lyman - Hamilton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.1% 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 55.5% of America'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, 38.0% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.0%).
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 Lyman - Hamilton, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (19.1%), and residents who report English roots (15.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.7%) 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 (16.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.