Gwinner is a tiny city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 916 people and just one neighborhood, Gwinner is the 89th largest community in North Dakota. Much of the housing stock in Gwinner was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Gwinner economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Gwinner, where the median household income is $66,071.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gwinner is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.79% of the Gwinner workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gwinner is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gwinner who work in office and administrative support (14.14%), management occupations (8.23%), and architecture and engineering (7.17%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Gwinner, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
One of the benefits of Gwinner is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.35 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.
Being a small city, Gwinner does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Gwinner is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.32% of adults 25 and older in Gwinner have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gwinner in 2022 was $40,361, which is upper middle income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,444 for a family of four. However, Gwinner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gwinner is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gwinner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gwinner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gwinner include German, Norwegian, Swedish, English, and Ethiopian.
The most common language spoken in Gwinner is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.
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.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 69.4% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
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 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America.
In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 17.7% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 97.8% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 21.5% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Gwinner are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.8% 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 53.1% 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, 41.9% 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 34.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.9%), and 7.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Gwinner, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.8%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (21.5%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (7.5%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 (69.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (61.3%) 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 (17.7%) and 10.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.