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Stockbridge, WI

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Overview


Stockbridge is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 653 people and just one neighborhood, Stockbridge is the 420th largest community in Wisconsin. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Stockbridge, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Stockbridge, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Stockbridge’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Stockbridge does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $56,719.00.

Stockbridge real estate is some of the most expensive in Wisconsin, although Stockbridge house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Stockbridge is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.38% of the Stockbridge workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Stockbridge is a village of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Stockbridge who work in management occupations (11.97%), sales jobs (11.50%), and office and administrative support (11.27%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Stockbridge 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.

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Stockbridge has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Stockbridge has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stockbridge than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stockbridge may be for you.

Stockbridge is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The citizens of Stockbridge are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.32% of adults in Stockbridge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Stockbridge in 2018 was $47,986, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $191,944 for a family of four.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

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.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 9.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Wisconsin. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 60.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 5.1% have Dutch 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 Stockbridge are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.0% 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 75.3% of America'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, 33.6% 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 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.1%), and 15.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.1%).

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 Stockbridge, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (60.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.1%), and residents who report Dutch roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 (31.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.8%) 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 (5.4%) . 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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