Wilson Creek is a tiny town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 201 people and just one neighborhood, Wilson Creek is the 321st largest community in Washington.
When you are in Wilson Creek, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.43% of Wilson Creek’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wilson Creek is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilson Creek who work in sales jobs (16.07%), architecture and engineering (8.93%), and office and administrative support (5.36%).
A relatively large number of people in Wilson Creek telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.93% 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.
The overall crime rate in Wilson Creek is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Wilson Creek has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Wilson Creek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wilson Creek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wilson Creek may be for you.
One downside of living in Wilson Creek is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Wilson Creek, the average commute to work is 30.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Wilson Creek doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Wilson Creek citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.39% of adults in Wilson Creek have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wilson Creek in 2022 was $23,314, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,256 for a family of four. However, Wilson Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wilson Creek is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wilson Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilson Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Wilson Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wilson Creek include German, English, Norwegian, Italian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Wilson Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.
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 Wilson Creek, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 49.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 8 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 4.2% have Danish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Wilson Creek are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.4% 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 80.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 37.4% 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 34.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (12.6%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
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 Wilson Creek, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of Ukrainian ancestry (13.4%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 (45.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.