Burlingame - Scranton is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 2,826 people and just one neighborhood, Burlingame - Scranton is the 125th largest community in Kansas.
When you are in Burlingame - Scranton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.51% of Burlingame - Scranton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Burlingame - Scranton is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burlingame - Scranton who work in office and administrative support (9.96%), management occupations (7.70%), and healthcare (6.38%).
One downside of living in Burlingame - Scranton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.88 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Burlingame - Scranton rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.15% of adults 25 and older in Burlingame - Scranton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Burlingame - Scranton in 2022 was $30,007, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,028 for a family of four. However, Burlingame - Scranton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Burlingame - Scranton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burlingame - Scranton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Burlingame - Scranton include German, Irish, European, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Burlingame - Scranton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Burlingame - Scranton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 23.2% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 93.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Burlingame - Scranton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.0% 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, 37.1% 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.6%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Burlingame - Scranton, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report English roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (3.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (74.4%) 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 (17.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.