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Yacolt, WA

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Overview


Yacolt is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,632 people and just one neighborhood, Yacolt is the 236th largest community in Washington. Much of the housing stock in Yacolt was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Yacolt economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Yacolt, where the median household income is $79,479.00.

Housing costs in Yacolt 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.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Yacolt, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.75% of Yacolt’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Yacolt is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Yacolt who work in office and administrative support (7.33%), sales jobs (6.60%), and teaching (6.45%).

Also of interest is that Yacolt has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Yacolt 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, Yacolt’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Yacolt, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 41.70 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Demographics

The population of Yacolt has a very low overall level of education: only 7.88% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Yacolt in 2022 was $35,288, 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 $141,152 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Yacolt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 71.4% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 5.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Washington. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

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 33.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 6.3% have Swedish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Yacolt are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.6% 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 51.7% 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, 35.3% 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 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% 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 Yacolt, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Finnish (14.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report English roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.7%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.5%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (81.0%) 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.


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