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Braham, MN

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Overview


Braham is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,776 people and just one neighborhood, Braham is the 337th largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Braham, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.05% of Braham’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Braham is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Braham who work in office and administrative support (9.88%), community and social services (8.37%), and healthcare (6.45%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Braham’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

One downside of living in Braham is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Braham, the average commute to work is 30.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Braham is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.92% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Braham in 2022 was $27,096, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,384 for a family of four. However, Braham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Braham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Braham, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 4.0% have Finnish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.3% 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 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Braham are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.8% of U.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, 36.9% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 16.6% 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 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Braham, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.4%). There are also a number of people of Swedish ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (9.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in 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 (6.3%) . 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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