Grandview Plaza is a very small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,630 people and just one neighborhood, Grandview Plaza is the 192nd largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Grandview Plaza was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Grandview Plaza economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Grandview Plaza, where the median household income is $41,202.00.
Grandview Plaza is a military town: the armed forces employs 22.59% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Public Service are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 16.95% and 14.83% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Grandview Plaza, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, city who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The citizens of Grandview Plaza are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.59% of adults in Grandview Plaza having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Grandview Plaza in 2022 was $28,617, which is lower middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,468 for a family of four. However, Grandview Plaza contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grandview Plaza is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grandview Plaza home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grandview Plaza residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Grandview Plaza also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Grandview Plaza include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Jamaican.
Grandview Plaza also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.21%.
The most common language spoken in Grandview Plaza is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
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.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 99.7% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 11 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Iranian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.0% 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 Grandview Plaza are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.4% 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 53.9% 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, 27.2% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.3%), and 20.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).
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 Grandview Plaza, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.1%), among others. In addition, 14.5% 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 (48.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.1%) 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 (10.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.