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South Cle Elum, WA

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Overview


South Cle Elum is a tiny town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 564 people and just one neighborhood, South Cle Elum is the 296th largest community in Washington. South Cle Elum has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

South Cle Elum home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but South Cle Elum real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, South Cle Elum isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in South Cle Elum are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Cle Elum is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Cle Elum who work in food service (16.67%), maintenance occupations (11.67%), and office and administrative support (11.39%).

A relatively large number of people in South Cle Elum telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.18% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, South Cle Elum is worth considering.

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

Demographics

The citizens of South Cle Elum are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.39% of adults in South Cle Elum having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in South Cle Elum in 2022 was $31,850, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,400 for a family of four. However, South Cle Elum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call South Cle Elum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Cle Elum residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in South Cle Elum include European, Norwegian, German, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in South Cle Elum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 37.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 95.1% of all American neighborhoods.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.2% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Washington. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 2.0% have Yugoslav ancestry.

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 South Cle Elum are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% 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, 38.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.6%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 South Cle Elum, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (23.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report German roots (17.0%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (13.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.2%), 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 (51.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (7.8%) . 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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