The Neighbors: Income
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 Prospect Heights neighborhood in Canon City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower
than 75.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
With 43.1% of the children here below the federal poverty
line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.7%
of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: Occupations
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel
rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if
most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is
the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits
your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Prospect Heights neighborhood, 37.6% 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
executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.8% of the residents employed.
Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations
(19.6%), and 19.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Prospect Heights neighborhood in Canon City, CO, residents
most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.1%).
There are also a number of people of English
ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report Irish roots
(17.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian
ancestry (7.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents
(5.0%), among others.
The Neighbors: Languages
The most common language spoken in the Prospect Heights
neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.