Alcova is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 34 people and just one neighborhood, Alcova is the 72nd largest community in Wyoming. Much of the housing stock in Alcova was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Alcova economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Alcova, where the median household income is .
Alcova home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wyoming, but Alcova real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
When you are in Alcova, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.50% of Alcova’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alcova is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alcova who work in office and administrative support (45.83%), personal care services (16.67%), and sales jobs (0.00%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 83.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
The overall crime rate in Alcova 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!) Alcova 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. Alcova has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alcova than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alcova may be for you.
One downside of living in Alcova is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alcova, the average commute to work is 37.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Alcova doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Alcova who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.18% of the adults in Alcova have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alcova in 2022 was $46,131, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,524 for a family of four.
The people who call Alcova home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alcova residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Alcova include English, German, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Alcova is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and German/Yiddish.
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.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, of particular note, 9.5% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 49.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 1 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.5% 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 Yugoslav and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 3.3% have French Canadian ancestry.
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 Alcova are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 47.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.8%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
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 Alcova, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.8%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.8%) 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 (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.