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Ladysmith, WI

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Overview


Ladysmith is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,126 people and just one neighborhood, Ladysmith is the 238th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Ladysmith is a blue-collar town, with 38.09% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ladysmith is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ladysmith who work in teaching (11.56%), sales jobs (10.24%), and office and administrative support (9.96%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Ladysmith 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. Ladysmith has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ladysmith than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ladysmith may be for you.

One of the benefits of Ladysmith is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.53 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Demographics

The population of Ladysmith overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ladysmith, 21.11% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ladysmith in 2018 was $25,039, 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 $100,156 for a family of four. However, Ladysmith contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ladysmith home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ladysmith residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ladysmith include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Ladysmith is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 65.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.8% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Wisconsin, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Wisconsin.

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, 13.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 38.0% have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ladysmith are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.0% 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, 36.3% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.6%), and 12.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% 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 Ladysmith, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (65.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (89.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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