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Owen - Withee, WI

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Overview


Owen - Withee is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 4,665 people and just one neighborhood, Owen - Withee is the 171st largest community in Wisconsin. Much of the housing stock in Owen - Withee was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Owen - Withee is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.67% of the Owen - Withee workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Owen - Withee is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Owen - Withee who work in management occupations (17.59%), office and administrative support (7.72%), and sales jobs (6.73%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.86% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Owen - Withee is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Owen - Withee with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.49% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Owen - Withee in 2018 was $27,833, 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 $111,332 for a family of four. However, Owen - Withee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Owen - Withee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Owen - Withee residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Owen - Withee include German, Polish, Norwegian, Swiss, and English.

The most common language spoken in Owen - Withee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Modes of Transportation

Would you like to be able to ride your bike to work? If you are attracted to the idea of getting a little exercise of the two-wheeled type while reducing your carbon footprint, bicycling to work might be the answer. But which neighborhood you live in can make this either impossible, or alternatively, a great and realistic option. NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that the neighborhood is a fantastic option for bicycle commuters, as 3.4% of commuters here do ride their bikes to and from work on a daily basis. This is a higher amount than we found in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.6% have Finnish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 21.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Owen - Withee are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.3% 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, 36.1% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 10.5% 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 71.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish, Polish and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Owen - Withee, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.4%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (6.5%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (6.4%), 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 (43.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (64.9%) 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 (10.7%) and 8.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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