About Walcott

Walcott is a tiny town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 657 people and just one neighborhood, Walcott is the 89th largest community in North Dakota. Walcott has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Unlike some towns , Walcott isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Walcott are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Walcott is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Walcott who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.41%), farm management (12.24%), and sales jobs (11.37%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Walcott work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 16.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Walcott, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Walcott is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Walcott, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.51% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Walcott Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Walcott is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.03% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Walcott in 2000 was $17,055, which is upper middle income relative to North Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,220 for a family of four.

The people who call Walcott home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Walcott is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Walcott include Norwegian, German, Swedish, Irish, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Walcott is English.