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Oconto Falls, WI

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Overview


Oconto Falls is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,996 people and just one neighborhood, Oconto Falls is the 254th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oconto Falls is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.85% of the Oconto Falls workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oconto Falls is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oconto Falls who work in office and administrative support (6.67%), healthcare suport services (6.67%), and business and financial occupations (6.67%).

Also of interest is that Oconto Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small city, Oconto Falls doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Oconto Falls rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.55% of adults 25 and older in Oconto Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Oconto Falls in 2018 was $26,978, 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 $107,912 for a family of four. However, Oconto Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Oconto Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oconto Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Oconto Falls include German, Irish, Polish, Norwegian, and Belgian.

The most common language spoken in Oconto Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 50.4% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.8% 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 98.0% 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 Oconto Falls are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% 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.

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, 42.5% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.1%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (9.8%).

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 Oconto Falls, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Polish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.3%), along with some Belgian ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (83.2%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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