Cokato is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,773 people and just one neighborhood, Cokato is the 253rd largest community in Minnesota.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cokato is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.43% of the Cokato workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Cokato is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cokato who work in office and administrative support (14.79%), food service (6.78%), and sales jobs (6.20%).
The citizens of Cokato are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.21% of adults in Cokato have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Cokato in 2022 was $29,242, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,968 for a family of four. However, Cokato contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cokato is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cokato home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cokato residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Cokato also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cokato include German, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Cokato is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 11.7% have Swedish ancestry.
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 Cokato are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.3% 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 60.7% 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, 39.8% 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.6%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Cokato, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.2%). There are also a number of people of Finnish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Swedish roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (7.2%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.4%) 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 (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.