Oconto Falls is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,989 people and just one neighborhood, Oconto Falls is the 254th largest community in Wisconsin.
When you are in Oconto Falls, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.57% of Oconto Falls’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Oconto Falls is a city of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Oconto Falls who work in management occupations (8.21%), healthcare suport services (6.65%), and office and administrative support (6.41%).
Also of interest is that Oconto Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small city, Oconto Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Oconto Falls overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Oconto Falls, 22.60% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Oconto Falls in 2022 was $27,364, 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 $109,456 for a family of four. However, Oconto Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oconto Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oconto Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Oconto Falls include German, Irish, Polish, Norwegian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Oconto Falls 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 Oconto Falls, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 42.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.5% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 50.4% have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Oconto Falls are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.0% 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 55.0% 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, 42.0% 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 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (12.9%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (9.8%).
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 Oconto Falls, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report Polish roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (6.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.