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Nashwauk - Keewatin, MN

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Overview


Nashwauk - Keewatin is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,448 people and just one neighborhood, Nashwauk - Keewatin is the 281st largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Nashwauk - Keewatin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Nashwauk - Keewatin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nashwauk - Keewatin is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nashwauk - Keewatin who work in office and administrative support (10.18%), sales jobs (9.65%), and food service (6.58%).

Of important note, Nashwauk - Keewatin is also a town of artists. Nashwauk - Keewatin has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Nashwauk - Keewatin’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.25% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Nashwauk - Keewatin is worth considering.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Nashwauk - Keewatin rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.39% of adults 25 and older in Nashwauk - Keewatin 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 Nashwauk - Keewatin in 2018 was $29,863, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,452 for a family of four. However, Nashwauk - Keewatin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Nashwauk - Keewatin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Serbo-Croatian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Nashwauk - Keewatin, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 35 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.8% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 1.9% have Croatian 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 Nashwauk - Keewatin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.2% of U.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, 31.3% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.5%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.1%).

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 Nashwauk - Keewatin, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.5%). There are also a number of people of Finnish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.4%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (7.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.3%) 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 (8.8%) and 6.9% 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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