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St. Hilaire, MN

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Overview


St. Hilaire is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 261 people and just one neighborhood, St. Hilaire is the 487th largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, St. Hilaire isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Hilaire are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Hilaire is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Hilaire who work in office and administrative support (22.42%), sales jobs (18.18%), and healthcare (3.64%).

Also of interest is that St. Hilaire has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

St. Hilaire 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 city’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, St. Hilaire’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, St. Hilaire has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Hilaire a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of St. Hilaire is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.78 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Demographics

The citizens of St. Hilaire have a very low rate of college education: just 7.69% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in St. Hilaire in 2018 was $34,248, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,992 for a family of four. However, St. Hilaire contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

St. Hilaire is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Hilaire home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Hilaire residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Hilaire include German, French, Norwegian, Swedish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in St. Hilaire is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 9 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Minnesota. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 35.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 14.0% have Swedish 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 St. Hilaire are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.6% 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 79.9% 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, 34.6% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.6%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in St. Hilaire, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Norwegian (35.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (29.1%), and residents who report Swedish roots (14.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (9.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 (50.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (9.3%) . 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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