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Roberts - Hammond, WI

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Overview


Roberts - Hammond is a somewhat small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 8,164 people and just one neighborhood, Roberts - Hammond is the 118th largest community in Wisconsin. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Roberts - Hammond, 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 Roberts - Hammond, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Roberts - Hammond’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Roberts - Hammond does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $96,082.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Roberts - Hammond isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Roberts - Hammond are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Roberts - Hammond is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Roberts - Hammond who work in management occupations (11.10%), office and administrative support (10.13%), and sales jobs (8.05%).

Also of interest is that Roberts - Hammond 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: 8.12% 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

Because of many things, Roberts - Hammond is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Roberts - Hammond 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, Roberts - Hammond has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Roberts - Hammond’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Roberts - Hammond, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.47 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Roberts - Hammond is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.25% of adults in Roberts - Hammond have a college degree.

The per capita income in Roberts - Hammond in 2018 was $38,852, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,408 for a family of four. However, Roberts - Hammond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 7.2% have Swedish 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 Roberts - Hammond are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.7% of U.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, 40.6% 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 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Roberts - Hammond, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (18.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (7.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 (34.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (8.5%) . 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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