Iron Ridge is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 908 people and just one neighborhood, Iron Ridge is the 393rd largest community in Wisconsin.
When you are in Iron Ridge, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.71% of Iron Ridge’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Iron Ridge is a village of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Iron Ridge who work in sales jobs (9.24%), management occupations (8.58%), and office and administrative support (6.44%).
Also of interest is that Iron Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Iron Ridge’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Iron Ridge is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Iron Ridge, the average commute to work is 30.20 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Iron Ridge are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.44% of adults in Iron Ridge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Iron Ridge in 2022 was $35,647, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,588 for a family of four. However, Iron Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Iron Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iron Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Iron Ridge include German, Italian, Irish, Norwegian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Iron Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 Iron Ridge, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 10.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Wisconsin. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 60.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Iron Ridge are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.5% of America'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, 36.3% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.3%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).
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 Iron Ridge, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (60.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report Polish roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.0%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (32.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.