Bridgeport - Mansfield is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,253 people and just one neighborhood, Bridgeport - Mansfield is the 179th largest community in Washington.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bridgeport - Mansfield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.90% of the Bridgeport - Mansfield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bridgeport - Mansfield is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bridgeport - Mansfield who work in farm management occupations (36.66%), office and administrative support (8.35%), and management occupations (7.08%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Bridgeport - Mansfield 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Bridgeport - Mansfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Bridgeport - Mansfield rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.96% of adults 25 and older in Bridgeport - Mansfield 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 Bridgeport - Mansfield in 2022 was $23,207, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,828 for a family of four. However, Bridgeport - Mansfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bridgeport - Mansfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bridgeport - Mansfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bridgeport - Mansfield, accounting for 64.88% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bridgeport - Mansfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bridgeport - Mansfield include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bridgeport - Mansfield's cultural character, accounting for 36.16% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bridgeport - Mansfield is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
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 Bridgeport - Mansfield, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 64.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 58.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Bridgeport - Mansfield are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.3% 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, 36.7% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 20.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.8%), and 13.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 58.5% of households. Some people also speak English (41.3%).
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 Bridgeport - Mansfield, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (64.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.6%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.4%), among others. In addition, 36.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (33.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (15.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.