Lewis - Offerle is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,309 people and just one neighborhood, Lewis - Offerle is the 212th largest community in Kansas. Lewis - Offerle has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Lewis - Offerle is a blue-collar town, with 37.03% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lewis - Offerle is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lewis - Offerle who work in management occupations (23.44%), farm management occupations (11.79%), and office and administrative support (9.85%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Lewis - Offerle work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
A relatively large number of people in Lewis - Offerle telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.99% 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.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.89 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Lewis - Offerle doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Lewis - Offerle who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.05% of the adults in Lewis - Offerle have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lewis - Offerle in 2022 was $34,774, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,096 for a family of four. However, Lewis - Offerle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lewis - Offerle is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lewis - Offerle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lewis - Offerle residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Lewis - Offerle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lewis - Offerle include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Czechoslovakian.
The most common language spoken in Lewis - Offerle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 Lewis - Offerle, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 11.8% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 2 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.0% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 4.6% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Lewis - Offerle are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 31.1% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.3%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (12.9%).
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 Lewis - Offerle, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.7%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.