Kerkhoven - Murdock is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,474 people and just one neighborhood, Kerkhoven - Murdock is the 279th largest community in Minnesota. Kerkhoven - Murdock has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Kerkhoven - Murdock is a blue-collar town, with 37.43% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Kerkhoven - Murdock is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kerkhoven - Murdock who work in management occupations (15.60%), farm management occupations (11.20%), and office and administrative support (7.97%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Kerkhoven - Murdock work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
A relatively large number of people in Kerkhoven - Murdock telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.06% 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.
Overall, Kerkhoven - Murdock’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Kerkhoven - Murdock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Kerkhoven - Murdock who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.19% of the adults in Kerkhoven - Murdock have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kerkhoven - Murdock in 2022 was $32,622, 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 $130,488 for a family of four. However, Kerkhoven - Murdock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kerkhoven - Murdock is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kerkhoven - Murdock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kerkhoven - Murdock residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Kerkhoven - Murdock also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kerkhoven - Murdock include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Kerkhoven - Murdock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (11.1%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Kerkhoven - Murdock is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.5% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota. If you are considering retiring to Minnesota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 11.0% have Swedish ancestry.
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 Kerkhoven - Murdock are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.3% 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, 36.0% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Kerkhoven - Murdock, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.6%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (24.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (11.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (11.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (67.1%) 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 (11.5%) and 11.1% 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.