Horicon is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,787 people and just one neighborhood, Horicon is the 209th largest community in Wisconsin.
When you are in Horicon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.76% of Horicon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Horicon is a city of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Horicon who work in management occupations (11.43%), office and administrative support (9.25%), and sales jobs (6.24%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.11% 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.
Horicon is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Horicon with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.84% of adults in Horicon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Horicon in 2022 was $28,596, 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 $114,384 for a family of four. However, Horicon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Horicon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Horicon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Horicon include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Horicon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 60.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.2% have Swiss ancestry.
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 Horicon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.6% 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, 37.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Horicon, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (60.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report Polish roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.5%) 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 (11.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.