Nekoosa is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,420 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nekoosa is the 284th largest community in Wisconsin.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nekoosa is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.67% of the Nekoosa workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nekoosa is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nekoosa who work in office and administrative support (10.34%), food service (10.15%), and maintenance occupations (7.98%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.85% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Nekoosa has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Nekoosa a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The citizens of Nekoosa have a very low rate of college education: just 7.83% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Nekoosa in 2022 was $25,627, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,508 for a family of four. However, Nekoosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Nekoosa is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Nekoosa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nekoosa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Nekoosa include German, Polish, Norwegian, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in Nekoosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Laotian.
