Hankinson - Lidgerwood is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 2,879 people and just one neighborhood, Hankinson - Lidgerwood is the 26th largest community in North Dakota. Hankinson - Lidgerwood has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Hankinson - Lidgerwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hankinson - Lidgerwood is a town of managers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hankinson - Lidgerwood who work in management occupations (18.03%), office and administrative support (7.44%), and maintenance occupations (6.94%).
In terms of college education, the citizens of Hankinson - Lidgerwood rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.98% of adults 25 and older in Hankinson - Lidgerwood 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 Hankinson - Lidgerwood in 2022 was $35,607, which is middle income relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,428 for a family of four. However, Hankinson - Lidgerwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hankinson - Lidgerwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hankinson - Lidgerwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hankinson - Lidgerwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hankinson - Lidgerwood include German, Norwegian, Czech, Swedish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Hankinson - Lidgerwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 17.7% 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 Hankinson - Lidgerwood are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.5% 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 63.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.3% 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.2%).
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 Hankinson - Lidgerwood, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.9%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (17.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (4.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (42.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.7%) and 8.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.