Marengo - Milltown is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,811 people and just one neighborhood, Marengo - Milltown is the 155th largest community in Indiana.
Marengo - Milltown is a blue-collar town, with 51.12% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Marengo - Milltown is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marengo - Milltown who work in office and administrative support (8.04%), management occupations (6.59%), and food service (6.40%).
One downside of living in Marengo - Milltown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.62 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Marengo - Milltown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Marengo - Milltown have a very low rate of college education: just 9.13% 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 Marengo - Milltown in 2022 was $25,298, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,192 for a family of four. However, Marengo - Milltown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Marengo - Milltown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marengo - Milltown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Marengo - Milltown include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Marengo - Milltown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.7%) than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Marengo - Milltown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% of U.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, 51.1% 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 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.3%), and 11.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Marengo - Milltown, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (73.0%) 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 (22.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.