Enterprise - Hope is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 2,820 people and just one neighborhood, Enterprise - Hope is the 126th largest community in Kansas. Enterprise - Hope has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, 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, Enterprise - Hope is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Enterprise - Hope is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Enterprise - Hope who work in office and administrative support (16.07%), sales jobs (9.90%), and management occupations (9.29%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.98% 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.
The percentage of adults in Enterprise - Hope with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.01% of adults in Enterprise - Hope have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Enterprise - Hope in 2022 was $29,904, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,616 for a family of four. However, Enterprise - Hope contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Enterprise - Hope is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Enterprise - Hope home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Enterprise - Hope residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Enterprise - Hope include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Enterprise - Hope is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
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 Enterprise - Hope, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.2% of America.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 13.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Kansas. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Enterprise - Hope are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 27.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.2% 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, 32.1% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.0%), and 17.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.5%).
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 Enterprise - Hope, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report English roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.9%) 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 (10.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.