Elk Mound is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 988 people and just one neighborhood, Elk Mound is the 384th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elk Mound is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.17% of the Elk Mound workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elk Mound is a village of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elk Mound who work in office and administrative support (9.14%), teaching (7.93%), and food service (7.76%).
As is often the case in a small village, Elk Mound doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Elk Mound is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.04% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Elk Mound in 2022 was $32,563, 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 $130,252 for a family of four. However, Elk Mound contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Elk Mound home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elk Mound residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Elk Mound include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Elk Mound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Spanish.
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.
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 91.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 2.1% have Austrian ancestry.
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 Elk Mound are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.2% 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 58.0% 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, 33.6% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.3%).
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 Elk Mound, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.