Plover is a somewhat small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 13,806 people and four associated neighborhoods, Plover is the 68th largest community in Wisconsin.Plover is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Plover is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plover who work in office and administrative support (11.08%), management occupations (10.74%), and sales jobs (10.10%). Also of interest is that Plover has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Plover telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.26% 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. Being a small village, Plover does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Plover ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Plover, 42.81% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Plover in 2022 was $39,608, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,432 for a family of four. However, Plover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Plover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plover residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Plover include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Plover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
