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Halstad - Hendrum, MN

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Overview


Halstad - Hendrum is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,798 people and just one neighborhood, Halstad - Hendrum is the 333rd largest community in Minnesota. Halstad - Hendrum 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

Halstad - Hendrum is a blue-collar town, with 38.59% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Halstad - Hendrum is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Halstad - Hendrum who work in management occupations (13.06%), office and administrative support (10.94%), and sales jobs (8.47%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Halstad - Hendrum who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.64% of the adults in Halstad - Hendrum have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Halstad - Hendrum in 2018 was $35,407, 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 $141,628 for a family of four. However, Halstad - Hendrum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Halstad - Hendrum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

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

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.1% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 2.4% have Finnish 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 Halstad - Hendrum are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.3% 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 67.0% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.5% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).

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 Halstad - Hendrum, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Norwegian (40.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (30.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.3%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (69.2%) 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 (14.7%) and 9.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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