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Kingsford Heights, IN

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Overview


Kingsford Heights is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,325 people and just one neighborhood, Kingsford Heights is the 293rd largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kingsford Heights is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.69% of the Kingsford Heights workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kingsford Heights is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kingsford Heights who work in maintenance occupations (11.56%), office and administrative support (10.71%), and sales jobs (9.69%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Kingsford Heights’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

In Kingsford Heights, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Kingsford Heights have a very low rate of college education: just 6.96% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Kingsford Heights in 2022 was $21,786, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,144 for a family of four. However, Kingsford Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kingsford Heights is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kingsford Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kingsford Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kingsford Heights include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Kingsford Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian 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 Kingsford Heights are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.9% 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, 38.1% 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 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.6%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).

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 Kingsford Heights, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report Polish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (37.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.0%) 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 (10.0%) . 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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