About Dellwood

Dellwood is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,030 people and just one neighborhood, Dellwood is the 366th largest community in Minnesota.

Dellwood is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.95% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dellwood is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dellwood who work in management occupations (24.95%), sales jobs (19.85%), and business and financial occupations (9.07%).

Also of interest is that Dellwood 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 Dellwood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.17% 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.

In addition, Dellwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Dellwood is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dellwood really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dellwood perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Dellwood is a very car-oriented town. 96.89% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Dellwood is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Dellwood has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Dellwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Dellwood Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Dellwood is a pretty powerful place. 66.72% of the adults in Dellwood have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Dellwood in 2000 was $61,592, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $246,368 for a family of four. However, Dellwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dellwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dellwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dellwood include German, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, English, Scottish, European, Polish, Scandinavian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Dellwood is English.