Orfordville - Footville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 5,195 people and just one neighborhood, Orfordville - Footville is the 158th largest community in Wisconsin. Orfordville - Footville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Orfordville - Footville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.26% of Orfordville - Footville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Orfordville - Footville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orfordville - Footville who work in office and administrative support (11.81%), management occupations (11.51%), and sales jobs (6.67%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The education level of Orfordville - Footville citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.20% of adults 25 and older in Orfordville - Footville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Orfordville - Footville in 2022 was $38,398, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,592 for a family of four. However, Orfordville - Footville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Orfordville - Footville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orfordville - Footville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orfordville - Footville include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swiss.
The most common language spoken in Orfordville - Footville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 14.8% have Norwegian 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 Orfordville - Footville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.9% 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 50.9% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.7% 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 30.6% 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 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).
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 Orfordville - Footville, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.3%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (5.1%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.