Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a very small town located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 1,672 people and just one neighborhood, Red Cloud - Guide Rock is the 137th largest community in Nebraska. Much of the housing stock in Red Cloud - Guide Rock was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Red Cloud - Guide Rock isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Red Cloud - Guide Rock are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Red Cloud - Guide Rock who work in management occupations (15.38%), office and administrative support (12.44%), and sales jobs (6.22%).
Because of many things, Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Red Cloud - Guide Rock really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Red Cloud - Guide Rock perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small town, Red Cloud - Guide Rock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Red Cloud - Guide Rock rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.95% of adults 25 and older in Red Cloud - Guide Rock 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 Red Cloud - Guide Rock in 2022 was $34,905, which is middle income relative to Nebraska and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,620 for a family of four. However, Red Cloud - Guide Rock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Red Cloud - Guide Rock is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Red Cloud - Guide Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Red Cloud - Guide Rock residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Red Cloud - Guide Rock include German, Irish, English, Danish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Red Cloud - Guide Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 36.1% have German 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 Red Cloud - Guide Rock are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.8% 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 58.6% 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, 32.2% 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 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 16.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).
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 Red Cloud - Guide Rock, NE, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report English roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.0%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 (56.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (12.9%) and 6.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.