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Allenton, WI

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Overview


Allenton is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 859 people and just one neighborhood, Allenton is the 397th largest community in Wisconsin.

Allenton real estate is some of the most expensive in Wisconsin, although Allenton house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Allenton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.09% of the Allenton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Allenton is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Allenton who work in office and administrative support (13.38%), food service (13.14%), and farm management occupations (10.22%).

Another important characteristic of Allenton is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Allenton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Allenton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Allenton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Allenton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Allenton is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Allenton isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.59% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Allenton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.42% of adults in Allenton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Allenton in 2018 was $29,164, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,656 for a family of four. However, Allenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Allenton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Allenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Allenton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Allenton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Allenton include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Serbian.

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

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.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Wisconsin. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 97.6% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Wisconsin. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 46.8% have German 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 Allenton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.9% 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 75.6% 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, 34.9% 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 29.6% 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 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 93.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Allenton, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (46.8%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (8.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.2%), along with some Finnish ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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