Edgerton is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,231 people and just one neighborhood, Edgerton is the 381st largest community in Minnesota.
Edgerton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Edgerton is a city of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edgerton who work in office and administrative support (9.89%), teaching (9.34%), and maintenance occupations (8.61%).
A relatively large number of people in Edgerton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.28% 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.
Because of many things, Edgerton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Edgerton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Edgerton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Edgerton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.23 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Edgerton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Edgerton is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.45% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Edgerton in 2022 was $38,815, 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 $155,260 for a family of four. However, Edgerton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Edgerton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edgerton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Edgerton include Dutch, German, European, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Edgerton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
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.
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 93.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 7.6% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Edgerton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.9% 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 78.7% 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, 37.3% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.
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 Edgerton, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dutch (39.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (25.4%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.6%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.