Hurley - Montreal is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,635 people and just one neighborhood, Hurley - Montreal is the 273rd largest community in Wisconsin. Much of the housing stock in Hurley - Montreal was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Hurley - Montreal isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hurley - Montreal are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hurley - Montreal is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hurley - Montreal who work in sales jobs (11.13%), office and administrative support (10.02%), and healthcare (8.13%).
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Hurley - Montreal 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. Hurley - Montreal has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hurley - Montreal than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hurley - Montreal may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Hurley - Montreal spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.21 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Hurley - Montreal is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Hurley - Montreal is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.05% of adults 25 and older in Hurley - Montreal have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hurley - Montreal in 2022 was $31,457, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,828 for a family of four. However, Hurley - Montreal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hurley - Montreal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hurley - Montreal residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hurley - Montreal include Italian, Finnish, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Hurley - Montreal is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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 Hurley - Montreal, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 58.2% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 28.1% have Italian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 20.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hurley - Montreal are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 30.5% 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (27.1%), and 12.8% 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 97.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Hurley - Montreal, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (28.1%). There are also a number of people of Finnish ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report German roots (17.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.5%), 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 (58.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.8%) 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 (9.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.