Dupont is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 339 people and just one neighborhood, Dupont is the 434th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Dupont was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dupont is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dupont is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Dupont who work in office and administrative support (17.43%), healthcare (7.34%), and computer science and math (7.34%).
Also of interest is that Dupont has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Dupont’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Dupont 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. Dupont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dupont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dupont may be for you.
One downside of living in Dupont, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.34 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Dupont doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Dupont rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.33% of adults 25 and older in Dupont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Dupont in 2022 was $27,391, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,564 for a family of four. However, Dupont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dupont is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dupont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dupont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dupont include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and British.
The most common language spoken in Dupont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Dupont, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 93.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Dupont are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.1% 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, 34.7% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.0%).
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 Dupont, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (93.4%) 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.