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Peshtigo, WI

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Overview


Peshtigo is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,390 people and just one neighborhood, Peshtigo is the 225th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Peshtigo, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.31% of Peshtigo’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Peshtigo is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Peshtigo who work in management occupations (11.89%), healthcare (9.05%), and teaching (5.97%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Peshtigo rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.79% of adults 25 and older in Peshtigo 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 Peshtigo in 2018 was $31,397, 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 $125,588 for a family of four. However, Peshtigo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Belgian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 4.2% have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.8% 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 99.2% 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 Peshtigo are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.1% 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 52.9% 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 neighborhood, 36.3% 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 34.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.3%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (13.8%).

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 Peshtigo, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.3%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report French roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.4%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

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 (8.5%) . 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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