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Kimball, MN

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Overview


Kimball is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 831 people and just one neighborhood, Kimball is the 415th largest community in Minnesota.

Kimball real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although Kimball house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Kimball is a blue-collar town, with 40.78% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Kimball is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kimball who work in office and administrative support (9.95%), management occupations (7.77%), and healthcare (5.83%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Kimball’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Kimball is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The citizens of Kimball are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.89% of adults in Kimball have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Kimball in 2018 was $31,604, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,416 for a family of four. However, Kimball contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Kimball home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kimball residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kimball include German, Swedish, Polish, Norwegian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Kimball is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 36 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Minnesota. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 56.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.6% have Finnish ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Kimball are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.4% 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 80.1% of America's neighborhoods.

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 neighborhood, 32.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.

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 neighborhood in Kimball, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (56.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report Swedish roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (34.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (73.1%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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