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Glenville - Hayward, MN

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Overview


Glenville - Hayward is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,161 people and just one neighborhood, Glenville - Hayward is the 304th largest community in Minnesota. Glenville - Hayward has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Glenville - Hayward is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.15% of the Glenville - Hayward workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Glenville - Hayward is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenville - Hayward who work in office and administrative support (12.92%), management occupations (8.50%), and sales jobs (8.41%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small town, Glenville - Hayward doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Glenville - Hayward is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.01% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Glenville - Hayward in 2022 was $37,048, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,192 for a family of four. However, Glenville - Hayward contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Glenville - Hayward home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenville - Hayward residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Glenville - Hayward include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Danish.

The most common language spoken in Glenville - Hayward is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Hungarian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Glenville - Hayward, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 35.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 5.3% have Danish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Glenville - Hayward are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.2% 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 64.1% of America'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, 39.8% 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 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Glenville - Hayward, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.7%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (35.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.5%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (5.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (45.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.6%) 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 (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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