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Deerfield, WI

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Overview


Deerfield is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,454 people and just one neighborhood, Deerfield is the 279th largest community in Wisconsin. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Deerfield, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Deerfield, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Deerfield’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Deerfield does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $83,264.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Deerfield isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Deerfield are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Deerfield is a village of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Deerfield who work in management occupations (18.76%), office and administrative support (10.72%), and sales jobs (8.12%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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

Demographics

The education level of Deerfield citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.55% of adults in Deerfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Deerfield in 2018 was $36,766, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,064 for a family of four. However, Deerfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Deerfield is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Deerfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deerfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Deerfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.59% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Deerfield include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Deerfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

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 Deerfield, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.0%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 43.0% have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Deerfield are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.2% 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 70.8% 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, 42.2% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% 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 Deerfield, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (43.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.0%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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