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Goodhue, MN

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Overview


Goodhue is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,248 people and just one neighborhood, Goodhue is the 384th largest community in Minnesota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Goodhue, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Goodhue, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Goodhue’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Goodhue does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $86,125.00.

Goodhue real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although Goodhue house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Goodhue isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Goodhue are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Goodhue is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Goodhue who work in office and administrative support (10.80%), healthcare suport services (9.70%), and food service (8.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Goodhue 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 city’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, Goodhue’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Demographics

The education level of Goodhue citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.32% of adults 25 and older in Goodhue have a college degree.

The per capita income in Goodhue in 2022 was $31,655, 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 $126,620 for a family of four. However, Goodhue contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 26 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.5% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 18.6% have Norwegian ancestry.

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 Goodhue are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.0% 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, 34.2% 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 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).

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 Goodhue, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (43.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (11.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.9%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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