The socioeconomic characteristics include poverty rate, public assistance income, labor force participation rate, language ability and year of entry for noncitizens.

Typical characteristics include higher than average intelligence, an obsession with routine, a fanatical interest or hobby and difficulty in social settings.

Landscape characteristics include, unconsolidated sand, gravel, lakes, marshland, sand dunes, and wide tidal flats.

Favorable characteristics include corrosion resistance and precipitation hardening.

Other distinguishing characteristics include the top of the head, the metasoma and propodeum, being covered by shallow puncture marks.