Onward is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 77 people and just one neighborhood, Onward is the 480th largest community in Indiana. Onward has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Onward is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Onward is a town of managers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Onward who work in management occupations (34.67%), healthcare (13.33%), and sales jobs (5.33%).
Because of many things, Onward is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Onward really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Onward perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Onward has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Onward a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Onward doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Onward ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.21% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Onward in 2022 was $27,619, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,476 for a family of four.
The people who call Onward home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Onward residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Onward include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Onward is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Other Asian languages.
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 Onward, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Owner-occupied real estate dominates the neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 96.0% of neighborhoods in America.
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 8.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Indiana. 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.
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 Onward are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.1% 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 78.4% 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, 37.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.4%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.5%).
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 Onward, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report English roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.9%) 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 (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.