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Frederic, WI

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Overview


Frederic is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 1,150 people and just one neighborhood, Frederic is the 369th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Frederic is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.03% of the Frederic workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Frederic is a village of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Frederic who work in management occupations (9.60%), food service (9.04%), and maintenance occupations (6.78%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Frederic has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Frederic has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Frederic than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Frederic may be for you.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Frederic with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Frederic in 2018 was $28,755, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,020 for a family of four. However, Frederic contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Frederic home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Frederic residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Frederic include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, and English.

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

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 Frederic, 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 (0.7%) living in the neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 4.8% have Danish 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 Frederic are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.1% 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 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.9%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Frederic, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (16.6%), and residents who report Swedish roots (14.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (35.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (10.1%) . 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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