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Brownton - Stewart, MN

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Overview


Brownton - Stewart is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,694 people and just one neighborhood, Brownton - Stewart is the 264th largest community in Minnesota. Brownton - Stewart 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

Brownton - Stewart is a blue-collar town, with 39.82% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brownton - Stewart is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brownton - Stewart who work in management occupations (11.40%), office and administrative support (10.77%), and sales jobs (9.31%).

A relatively large number of people in Brownton - Stewart telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.77% 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

Brownton - Stewart 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 town’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, Brownton - Stewart’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Brownton - Stewart are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.27% of adults in Brownton - Stewart have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Brownton - Stewart in 2018 was $31,543, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,172 for a family of four. However, Brownton - Stewart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Brownton - Stewart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

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 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 61.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 8.8% have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Brownton - Stewart are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.6% 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 57.4% of America'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, 37.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.3%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.6%).

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 Brownton - Stewart, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (61.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (5.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 (48.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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