De Pere is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 25,361 people and eight associated neighborhoods, De Pere is the 32nd largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, De Pere is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, De Pere is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in De Pere who work in office and administrative support (11.04%), management occupations (9.07%), and sales jobs (8.74%). Also of interest is that De Pere has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.In addition, De Pere is a college town. There are a lot of students in De Pere attending college, and as a result De Pere provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of De Pere is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.21 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.The education level of De Pere citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.53% of adults in De Pere have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in De Pere in 2022 was $36,793, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,172 for a family of four. However, De Pere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call De Pere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of De Pere residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in De Pere include German, Irish, Polish, Dutch, and English. The most common language spoken in De Pere is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
