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Winthrop - Gibbon, MN

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Overview


Winthrop - Gibbon is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,488 people and just one neighborhood, Winthrop - Gibbon is the 210th largest community in Minnesota. Winthrop - Gibbon has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Winthrop - Gibbon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.56% of Winthrop - Gibbon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Winthrop - Gibbon is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winthrop - Gibbon who work in management occupations (13.56%), office and administrative support (9.10%), and sales jobs (6.84%).

A relatively large number of people in Winthrop - Gibbon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.20% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Winthrop - Gibbon’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Winthrop - Gibbon who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.56% of the adults in Winthrop - Gibbon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Winthrop - Gibbon in 2018 was $36,826, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,304 for a family of four. However, Winthrop - Gibbon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 95.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Winthrop - Gibbon is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.7% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota. If you are considering retiring to Minnesota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 60.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 9.0% have Swedish 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 Winthrop - Gibbon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.1% of U.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, 32.9% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.5%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.0%).

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 Winthrop - Gibbon, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (60.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Swedish roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (78.0%) 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 (7.3%) . 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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