Warroad is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,959 people and just one neighborhood, Warroad is the 331st largest community in Minnesota.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Warroad is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.62% of the Warroad workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Warroad is a city of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Warroad who work in management occupations (10.93%), office and administrative support (7.74%), and business and financial occupations (6.61%).
Warroad’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One of the benefits of Warroad is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.99 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Warroad doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Warroad with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.76% of adults in Warroad have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Warroad in 2022 was $31,944, 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 $127,776 for a family of four. However, Warroad contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Warroad home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Warroad residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Warroad include Norwegian, German, Swedish, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Warroad is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Warroad, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 71.9% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
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 23 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.0% of America.
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, 23.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 9.7% 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 Warroad are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 39.3% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.8% of households.
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 Warroad, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.1%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (23.4%), and residents who report Swedish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (9.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (71.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.