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Patoka is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 707 people and just one neighborhood, Patoka is the 365th largest community in Indiana.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Patoka, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 49.89% of Patoka’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Patoka is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Patoka who work in sales jobs (11.34%), food service (7.71%), and healthcare suport services (7.71%).
Setting & Lifestyle
The overall crime rate in Patoka 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!) Patoka 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. Patoka has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Patoka than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Patoka may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Patoka doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Demographics
The population of Patoka has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.86% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Patoka in 2022 was $23,245, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,980 for a family of four. However, Patoka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Patoka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Patoka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Patoka include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Eastern European.
The most common language spoken in Patoka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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.
Modes of Transportation
Our research reveals that 90.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Real Estate
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 92.7% of the neighborhoods in 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.
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 Patoka are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.4% 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, 36.6% 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 34.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Patoka, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (2.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 (48.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.0%) 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 (6.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
