West Bend is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 31,604 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, West Bend is the 26th largest community in Wisconsin.West Bend is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Bend is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Bend who work in management occupations (11.83%), office and administrative support (10.69%), and sales jobs (10.63%). Also of interest is that West Bend has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 education level of West Bend citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.68% of adults in West Bend have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in West Bend in 2022 was $38,713, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,852 for a family of four. However, West Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call West Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Bend include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in West Bend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
