Brandon - Fairwater is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,881 people and just one neighborhood, Brandon - Fairwater is the 201st largest community in Wisconsin. Brandon - Fairwater has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Brandon - Fairwater is a blue-collar town, with 39.91% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brandon - Fairwater is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brandon - Fairwater who work in management occupations (11.27%), office and administrative support (9.44%), and sales jobs (6.64%).
Because of many things, Brandon - Fairwater is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Brandon - Fairwater a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Brandon - Fairwater has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Brandon - Fairwater’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
As is often the case in a small town, Brandon - Fairwater doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Brandon - Fairwater citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.84% of adults 25 and older in Brandon - Fairwater have a college degree.
The per capita income in Brandon - Fairwater in 2022 was $37,295, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,180 for a family of four. However, Brandon - Fairwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brandon - Fairwater is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brandon - Fairwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brandon - Fairwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brandon - Fairwater include German, Dutch, English, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Brandon - Fairwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Brandon - Fairwater, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 6.9% 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.
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 91.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 40.4% have German 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 Brandon - Fairwater are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.2% 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 54.6% of America'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, 38.1% 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 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.6%), and 12.4% 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 96.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Brandon - Fairwater, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.4%). There are also a number of people of Dutch ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report English roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (8.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.