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Wabeno - Armstrong Creek, WI

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Overview


Wabeno - Armstrong Creek is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,596 people and just one neighborhood, Wabeno - Armstrong Creek is the largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Wabeno - Armstrong Creek isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wabeno - Armstrong Creek is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek who work in management occupations (10.82%), office and administrative support (10.71%), and food service (8.57%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Wabeno - Armstrong Creek is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Wabeno - Armstrong Creek’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Wabeno - Armstrong Creek 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. Wabeno - Armstrong Creek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wabeno - Armstrong Creek may be for you.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.80% of adults in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek in 2018 was $29,036, 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 $116,144 for a family of four. However, Wabeno - Armstrong Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wabeno - Armstrong Creek is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wabeno - Armstrong Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wabeno - Armstrong Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek include German, Polish, Irish, French, and English.

The most common language spoken in Wabeno - Armstrong Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.

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.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 51.3% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.8% 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.

In addition, 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 97.3% of the neighborhoods in 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.

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 97.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 9.0% have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% 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 Wabeno - Armstrong Creek are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.3% 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, 32.7% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 13.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (3.3%).

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 Wabeno - Armstrong Creek, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.5%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.8%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (9.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.0%) 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 (11.3%) and 5.3% 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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