Barron is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,675 people and just one neighborhood, Barron is the 211th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Barron is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.49% of the Barron workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Barron is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Barron who work in healthcare suport services (8.84%), sales jobs (8.37%), and maintenance occupations (6.53%).
One of the benefits of Barron is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.72 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.
As is often the case in a small city, Barron doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Barron are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.28% of adults in Barron have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Barron in 2022 was $23,532, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,128 for a family of four.
Barron is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Barron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Barron include German, Norwegian, Somalian, Irish, and English.
Barron also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.33%.
The most common language spoken in Barron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Barron, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.6%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 5.4% have Swedish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Barron are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 39.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.6%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish and African languages.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Barron, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (10.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), among others. In addition, 11.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.6%) and 6.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.