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New Richland, MN

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Overview


New Richland is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,216 people and just one neighborhood, New Richland is the 385th largest community in Minnesota. New Richland has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in New Richland, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.71% of New Richland’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, New Richland is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Richland who work in sales jobs (12.17%), management occupations (9.51%), and office and administrative support (8.63%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of New Richland rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.38% of adults 25 and older in New Richland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in New Richland in 2022 was $27,876, 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 $111,504 for a family of four. However, New Richland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in New Richland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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

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 18 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.1% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 42.2% have German 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 New Richland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.2% 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 70.6% of America'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, 33.7% 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 (21.6%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 New Richland, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (18.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.2%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (30.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.2%) 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 (9.7%) . 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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