Nashwauk - Keewatin is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,448 people and just one neighborhood, Nashwauk - Keewatin is the 281st largest community in Minnesota.
Nashwauk - Keewatin is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Nashwauk - Keewatin is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nashwauk - Keewatin who work in office and administrative support (10.18%), sales jobs (9.65%), and food service (6.58%).
Of important note, Nashwauk - Keewatin is also a town of artists. Nashwauk - Keewatin has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Nashwauk - Keewatin’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nashwauk - Keewatin has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nashwauk - Keewatin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nashwauk - Keewatin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nashwauk - Keewatin may be for you.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Nashwauk - Keewatin rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.39% of adults 25 and older in Nashwauk - Keewatin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Nashwauk - Keewatin in 2022 was $29,863, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,452 for a family of four. However, Nashwauk - Keewatin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Nashwauk - Keewatin is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Nashwauk - Keewatin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nashwauk - Keewatin residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Nashwauk - Keewatin include German, Finnish, Norwegian, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Nashwauk - Keewatin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Serbo-Croatian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 91.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 1.9% have Croatian 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 Nashwauk - Keewatin are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.2% of U.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, 31.3% 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 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.5%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Nashwauk - Keewatin, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.5%). There are also a number of people of Finnish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.4%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (7.1%), 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 (34.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.3%) 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 (8.8%) and 6.9% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.