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Osceola, WI

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Overview


Osceola is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,865 people and just one neighborhood, Osceola is the 264th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Osceola, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.18% of Osceola’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Osceola is a village of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Osceola who work in office and administrative support (8.90%), management occupations (7.05%), and teaching (6.60%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Osceola has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Osceola a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Osceola is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.19% of adults 25 and older in Osceola have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Osceola in 2018 was $29,996, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,984 for a family of four. However, Osceola contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 13.8% have Norwegian 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 Osceola are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.3% 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, 36.7% 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 35.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.0%).

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 Osceola, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.6%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Swedish roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 (30.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.9%) 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 (7.6%) . 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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