Chokio - Donnelly is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,354 people and just one neighborhood, Chokio - Donnelly is the 295th largest community in Minnesota. Chokio - Donnelly has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Chokio - Donnelly is a blue-collar town, with 39.67% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Chokio - Donnelly is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chokio - Donnelly who work in management occupations (13.30%), farm management occupations (13.22%), and office and administrative support (9.26%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Chokio - Donnelly has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chokio - Donnelly a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.88 minutes getting to work every day.
The overall education level of Chokio - Donnelly is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.92% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Chokio - Donnelly in 2022 was $42,192, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,768 for a family of four. However, Chokio - Donnelly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Chokio - Donnelly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chokio - Donnelly residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chokio - Donnelly include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Chokio - Donnelly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 6 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.1% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 44.5% 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 Chokio - Donnelly are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.1% 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 70.8% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 35.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.4%), and 13.2% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.5%).
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 Chokio - Donnelly, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (21.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.7%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (7.0%), 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 (45.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.1%) 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%) and 8.4% 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.