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Midwest, WY

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Overview


Midwest is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 286 people and just one neighborhood, Midwest is the 60th largest community in Wyoming. Much of the housing stock in Midwest was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Midwest is a blue-collar town, with 36.21% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Midwest is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midwest who work in management occupations (23.28%), maintenance occupations (12.07%), and teaching (12.07%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Midwest is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Midwest has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Midwest has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Midwest than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Midwest may be for you.

Midwest 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.

Demographics

The population of Midwest has a very low overall level of education: only 8.15% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Midwest in 2022 was $40,970, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,880 for a family of four. However, Midwest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Midwest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midwest residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Midwest include Irish, German, Swedish, British, and Scandinavian.

The most common language spoken in Midwest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Midwest, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

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 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.1% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 2.7% have Hungarian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Midwest are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.2% 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 80.3% of America'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, 41.3% 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 32.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.2%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Midwest, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (3.1%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (55.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.4%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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