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Solon Springs, WI

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Overview


Solon Springs is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 669 people and just one neighborhood, Solon Springs is the 423rd largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Solon Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Solon Springs is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Solon Springs who work in office and administrative support (12.82%), food service (9.40%), and management occupations (5.70%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Solon Springs has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

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, Solon Springs has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Solon Springs 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, Solon Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Solon Springs who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.43% of the adults in Solon Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Solon Springs in 2018 was $29,840, 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 $119,360 for a family of four. However, Solon Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Solon Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Solon Springs, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.2% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 46.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

People

Of particular note, 3.7% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 2.6% have Croatian 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 Solon Springs are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.1% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.

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 Solon Springs, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (9.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (9.0%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (79.9%) 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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