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Courtland - Lafayette, MN

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Overview


Courtland - Lafayette is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,390 people and just one neighborhood, Courtland - Lafayette is the 217th largest community in Minnesota. Courtland - Lafayette has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Courtland - Lafayette is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Courtland - Lafayette is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Courtland - Lafayette who work in management occupations (14.66%), sales jobs (10.97%), and office and administrative support (9.30%).

A relatively large number of people in Courtland - Lafayette telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Because of many things, Courtland - Lafayette is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Courtland - Lafayette a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Courtland - Lafayette has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Courtland - Lafayette’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Being a small town, Courtland - Lafayette does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Courtland - Lafayette is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.11% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Courtland - Lafayette in 2022 was $41,552, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,208 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Courtland - Lafayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

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 17 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Minnesota. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 67.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 8.6% have Swedish 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 Courtland - Lafayette are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.4% 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 73.6% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 38.8% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Courtland - Lafayette, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (67.9%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report Swedish roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (48.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.6%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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