Barre Mills / Cold Springs median real estate price is $412,345, which is more expensive than 77.8% of the neighborhoods in Wisconsin and 56.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Barre Mills / Cold Springs is currently $1,929, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 87.5% of the neighborhoods in Wisconsin.
Barre Mills / Cold Springs is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Barre Mills / Cold Springs real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
In Barre Mills / Cold Springs, the current vacancy rate is 3.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 80.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Barre Mills / Cold Springs is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 La Crosse, the Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Barre Mills / Cold Springs community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, if you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 11.2% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Wisconsin.
Did you know that the Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 16.0% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood in La Crosse are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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 Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood, 43.2% 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 22.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.5%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
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 Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood in La Crosse, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
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 Barre Mills / Cold Springs neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (6.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.