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Johnson Creek, WI

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Overview


Johnson Creek is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,421 people and just one neighborhood, Johnson Creek is the 230th largest community in Wisconsin. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Johnson Creek, 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 Johnson Creek, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Johnson Creek’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Johnson Creek does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $92,826.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Johnson Creek is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Johnson Creek is a village of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnson Creek who work in management occupations (11.68%), sales jobs (10.42%), and office and administrative support (6.63%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Johnson Creek 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: 31.71% of adults in Johnson Creek have a college degree.

The per capita income in Johnson Creek in 2018 was $37,717, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,868 for a family of four.

Johnson Creek is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Johnson Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnson Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Johnson Creek include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Johnson Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.0% have Belgian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Johnson Creek are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.1% 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 58.3% 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, 35.1% 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 30.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.9%), and 13.1% 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 Polish and Spanish.

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 Johnson Creek, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Polish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (11.6%) . 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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