De Pere is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 20,545 people and six constituent neighborhoods, De Pere is the 34th largest community in Wisconsin.

De Pere is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, De Pere is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in De Pere who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.97%), sales jobs (13.77%), and management occupations (8.17%).

Also of interest is that De Pere has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

De Pere is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in De Pere enrolled in college, De Pere has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

De Pere is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, De Pere's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of De Pere is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.13 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Being a small city, De Pere does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

De Pere Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, De Pere is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.07% of adults in De Pere have a college degree.

The per capita income in De Pere in 2000 was $24,013, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,052 for a family of four.

The people who call De Pere home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in De Pere is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in De Pere include German, Irish, Polish, Dutch, Belgian, French, English, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in De Pere is English.