Spicer - Kandiyohi is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,631 people and just one neighborhood, Spicer - Kandiyohi is the 201st largest community in Minnesota.
Unlike some towns, Spicer - Kandiyohi isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Spicer - Kandiyohi are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spicer - Kandiyohi is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spicer - Kandiyohi who work in management occupations (13.37%), office and administrative support (11.30%), and sales jobs (11.20%).
A relatively large number of people in Spicer - Kandiyohi telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.65% 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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Spicer - Kandiyohi spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.71 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
In terms of college education, Spicer - Kandiyohi is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.99% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Spicer - Kandiyohi in 2022 was $45,357, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $181,428 for a family of four. However, Spicer - Kandiyohi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Spicer - Kandiyohi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spicer - Kandiyohi residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Spicer - Kandiyohi include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Spicer - Kandiyohi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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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, 15.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 26.3% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Spicer - Kandiyohi are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.7% 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 70.7% of America's neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 40.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.5%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.1%).
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 Spicer - Kandiyohi, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.8%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (26.3%), and residents who report Swedish roots (15.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.0%), among others.
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 (45.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.