Rockvale - Coal Creek is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,878 people and just one neighborhood, Rockvale - Coal Creek is the 121st largest community in Colorado.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rockvale - Coal Creek is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rockvale - Coal Creek is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockvale - Coal Creek who work in sales jobs (9.52%), office and administrative support (8.54%), and maintenance occupations (7.73%).
Also of interest is that Rockvale - Coal Creek has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rockvale - Coal Creek is worth considering.
One downside of living in Rockvale - Coal Creek is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rockvale - Coal Creek, the average commute to work is 31.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Rockvale - Coal Creek 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.
In Rockvale - Coal Creek, just 12.07% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Rockvale - Coal Creek in 2022 was $27,593, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,372 for a family of four. However, Rockvale - Coal Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rockvale - Coal Creek is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rockvale - Coal Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockvale - Coal Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rockvale - Coal Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.29% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockvale - Coal Creek include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Rockvale - Coal Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 15.0% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 94.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 0.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% 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 Rockvale - Coal Creek are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.6% of U.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, 32.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.3%), and 15.0% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).
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 Rockvale - Coal Creek, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (5.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.0%) 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 (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.