Oskaloosa - McLouth is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 5,595 people and just one neighborhood, Oskaloosa - McLouth is the 62nd largest community in Kansas.
Oskaloosa - McLouth real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Oskaloosa - McLouth house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oskaloosa - McLouth is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.61% of the Oskaloosa - McLouth workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oskaloosa - McLouth is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oskaloosa - McLouth who work in healthcare (10.88%), teaching (10.01%), and management occupations (9.45%).
A relatively large number of people in Oskaloosa - McLouth telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.86% 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.
In Oskaloosa - McLouth, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.23 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Oskaloosa - McLouth is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Oskaloosa - McLouth who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.90% of adults in Oskaloosa - McLouth have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Oskaloosa - McLouth in 2022 was $41,604, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,416 for a family of four. However, Oskaloosa - McLouth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oskaloosa - McLouth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oskaloosa - McLouth residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Oskaloosa - McLouth include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Oskaloosa - McLouth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Oskaloosa - McLouth, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 91.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 1.0% have Croatian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.7% 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 Oskaloosa - McLouth are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.7% 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 55.9% 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, 40.4% 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 38.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (12.7%), and 8.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.8%).
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 Oskaloosa - McLouth, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.5%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.2%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.