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Floodwood - Alborn, MN

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Overview


Floodwood - Alborn is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,170 people and just one neighborhood, Floodwood - Alborn is the 228th largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Floodwood - Alborn is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.66% of the Floodwood - Alborn workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Floodwood - Alborn is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Floodwood - Alborn who work in management occupations (8.83%), office and administrative support (8.75%), and sales jobs (7.60%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.60% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

In Floodwood - Alborn, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Floodwood - Alborn rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.69% of adults 25 and older in Floodwood - Alborn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Floodwood - Alborn in 2018 was $29,268, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,072 for a family of four. However, Floodwood - Alborn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Floodwood - Alborn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 33.4% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 9.1% have Swedish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Floodwood - Alborn are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 36.0% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.6%), and 15.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (3.2%).

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 Floodwood - Alborn, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.3%). There are also a number of people of Finnish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report Native American roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (9.6%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (9.1%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.1%) 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 (9.8%) . 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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