Wild Rose is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 799 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wild Rose is the 406th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wild Rose is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wild Rose is a village of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wild Rose who work in management occupations (9.55%), maintenance occupations (8.54%), and healthcare suport services (8.54%). A relatively large number of people in Wild Rose telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.10% 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. The overall crime rate in Wild Rose is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Wild Rose has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Wild Rose has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wild Rose than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wild Rose may be for you. As is often the case in a small village, Wild Rose doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Wild Rose rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.81% of adults 25 and older in Wild Rose 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 Wild Rose in 2022 was $26,349, 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 $105,396 for a family of four. However, Wild Rose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wild Rose is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wild Rose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wild Rose residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wild Rose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.63% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wild Rose include German, Norwegian, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Wild Rose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
