Reynolds - Chalmers is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,349 people and just one neighborhood, Reynolds - Chalmers is the 216th largest community in Indiana.
Unlike some towns, Reynolds - Chalmers isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Reynolds - Chalmers are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Reynolds - Chalmers is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reynolds - Chalmers who work in management occupations (19.36%), office and administrative support (11.99%), and sales jobs (8.97%).
A relatively large number of people in Reynolds - Chalmers telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.39% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Reynolds - Chalmers 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, Reynolds - Chalmers’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The population of Reynolds - Chalmers overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Reynolds - Chalmers, 22.11% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Reynolds - Chalmers in 2022 was $30,988, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,952 for a family of four. However, Reynolds - Chalmers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Reynolds - Chalmers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Reynolds - Chalmers residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Reynolds - Chalmers include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Reynolds - Chalmers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Reynolds - Chalmers are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Reynolds - Chalmers, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.6%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.