Oconto Falls is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,996 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. 46.85% 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, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oconto Falls who work in office and administrative support (6.67%), healthcare suport services (6.67%), and business and financial occupations (6.67%).
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.
As is often the case in a small city, Oconto Falls doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Oconto Falls with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.55% of adults in Oconto Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oconto Falls in 2022 was $26,978, 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 $107,912 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 Belgian.
The most common language spoken in Oconto Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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, 4.1% 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.
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 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 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.7% 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, 42.5% 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 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.1%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% 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 (13.8%), and residents who report Polish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.3%), along with some Belgian ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
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 (32.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (83.2%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.