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Redgranite, WI

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Overview


Redgranite is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,019 people and just one neighborhood, Redgranite is the 308th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Redgranite, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.60% of Redgranite’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Redgranite is a village of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redgranite who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (10.42%), food service (8.79%), and office and administrative support (8.31%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Redgranite is worth considering.

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

Demographics

In Redgranite, just 7.08% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Redgranite in 2018 was $28,797, 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 $115,188 for a family of four. However, Redgranite contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Redgranite is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.1% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 47.3% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.2% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.1% of this neighborhood's residents 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 Redgranite are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.9% 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, 47.3% 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 20.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).

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 Redgranite, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report Polish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (27.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (11.6%) . 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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