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Grand Meadow - Racine, MN

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Overview


Grand Meadow - Racine is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,422 people and just one neighborhood, Grand Meadow - Racine is the 218th largest community in Minnesota. Grand Meadow - Racine has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Grand Meadow - Racine is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Meadow - Racine is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Meadow - Racine who work in office and administrative support (13.84%), healthcare (10.98%), and management occupations (10.65%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.83% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Grand Meadow - Racine is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Grand Meadow - Racine’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Demographics

The population of Grand Meadow - Racine 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 Grand Meadow - Racine, 24.14% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Grand Meadow - Racine in 2018 was $39,980, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,920 for a family of four. However, Grand Meadow - Racine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Grand Meadow - Racine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Meadow - Racine residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grand Meadow - Racine include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Grand Meadow - Racine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Minnesota. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 41.5% have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Grand Meadow - Racine are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.8% 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 53.7% 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, 36.6% 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.6%), and 17.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Grand Meadow - Racine, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (23.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (79.0%) 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 (7.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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