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Blue Mounds, WI

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Overview


Blue Mounds is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 924 people and just one neighborhood, Blue Mounds is the 385th largest community in Wisconsin.

Blue Mounds home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wisconsin, but Blue Mounds real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Blue Mounds isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Blue Mounds are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blue Mounds is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blue Mounds who work in office and administrative support (13.43%), management occupations (11.94%), and personal care services (10.87%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Blue Mounds telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

As is often the case in a small village, Blue Mounds doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The overall education level of Blue Mounds citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.33% of adults in Blue Mounds have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Blue Mounds in 2018 was $38,207, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,828 for a family of four. However, Blue Mounds contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Blue Mounds home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blue Mounds residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blue Mounds include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swiss.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.3% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Wisconsin, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Wisconsin. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 16.0% have Norwegian 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 Blue Mounds are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.3% 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 74.0% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 53.3% 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 17.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% 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 Blue Mounds, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.7%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (6.6%), 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 (37.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (63.9%) 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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