Overview
South Prairie is a tiny town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 363 people and just one neighborhood, South Prairie is the 307th largest community in Washington.
Housing costs in South Prairie are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.
Occupations and Workforce
South Prairie is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, South Prairie is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in South Prairie who work in management occupations (14.77%), teaching (9.09%), and office and administrative support (8.52%).
Setting & Lifestyle
Because of many things, South Prairie is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making South Prairie a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town鈥檚 good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, South Prairie has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, South Prairie鈥檚 overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in South Prairie is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In South Prairie, the average commute to work is 38.15 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, South Prairie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
The citizens of South Prairie are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.94% of adults in South Prairie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in South Prairie in 2022 was $42,677, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,708 for a family of four.
South Prairie is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call South Prairie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Prairie residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. South Prairie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.71% of the town鈥檚 residents. Important ancestries of people in South Prairie include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in South Prairie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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 蘑菇视频's exclusive exploration and analysis.
People
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Real Estate
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.0% 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.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more British and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry and 2.4% have Eastern European ancestry.
The Neighbors
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. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in South Prairie are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 81.8% 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, 32.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.2%), and 21.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture 鈥� our learned behavior 鈥� 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 South Prairie, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.3%), among others.
Getting to Work
How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� 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 (34.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (75.9%) 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 (18.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
