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Lynd - Ghent, MN

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Overview


Lynd - Ghent is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,182 people and just one neighborhood, Lynd - Ghent is the 226th largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

Lynd - Ghent is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lynd - Ghent is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lynd - Ghent who work in management occupations (16.16%), office and administrative support (12.20%), and business and financial occupations (8.23%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.29% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Lynd - Ghent is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lynd - Ghent a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lynd - Ghent has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lynd - Ghent’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of Lynd - Ghent is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.40 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Demographics

The education level of Lynd - Ghent citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.36% of adults in Lynd - Ghent have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lynd - Ghent in 2022 was $40,371, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,484 for a family of four. However, Lynd - Ghent contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lynd - Ghent is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lynd - Ghent home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lynd - Ghent residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lynd - Ghent also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.09% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lynd - Ghent include German, Norwegian, Belgian, Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Lynd - Ghent is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

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 14.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Minnesota. 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 15.5% have Norwegian 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 Lynd - Ghent are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.5% 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, 42.0% 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 22.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.1%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.9%).

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 Lynd - Ghent, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.6%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report Belgian roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (8.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (50.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (73.7%) 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 (8.0%) . 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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