Dupont is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 339 people and just one neighborhood, Dupont is the 434th largest community in Indiana. Dupont has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Dupont, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.14% of Dupont’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Dupont is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dupont who work in office and administrative support (16.95%), sales jobs (9.32%), and computer science and math (8.47%).
Also of interest is that Dupont has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Dupont telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.83% 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.
Overall, Dupont’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Dupont is worth considering.
Dupont is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Dupont is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.36% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dupont in 2022 was $26,643, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,572 for a family of four. However, Dupont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dupont is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dupont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dupont residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Dupont include German, Irish, English, British, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Dupont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Dupont, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 92.8% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Dupont are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.6% 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 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.5%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.3%).
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 Dupont, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report English roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 (46.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (92.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.