Oklee - Plummer is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,824 people and just one neighborhood, Oklee - Plummer is the 330th largest community in Minnesota. Oklee - Plummer has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Oklee - Plummer is a blue-collar town, with 39.62% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Oklee - Plummer is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oklee - Plummer who work in management occupations (15.58%), office and administrative support (10.05%), and sales jobs (9.82%).
A relatively large number of people in Oklee - Plummer telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.60% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Oklee - Plummer is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Oklee - Plummer 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, Oklee - Plummer has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Oklee - Plummer’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
As is often the case in a small town, Oklee - Plummer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Oklee - Plummer with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.88% of adults in Oklee - Plummer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oklee - Plummer in 2022 was $34,947, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,788 for a family of four. However, Oklee - Plummer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oklee - Plummer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oklee - Plummer residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Oklee - Plummer include Norwegian, German, French, Swedish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Oklee - Plummer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.
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 Oklee - Plummer, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 31.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 9.2% have Swedish 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 Oklee - Plummer are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.0% 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 58.7% 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, 37.9% 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 30.2% 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 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Oklee - Plummer, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Norwegian (31.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (28.8%), and residents who report French roots (15.2%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (9.2%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (6.5%) and 5.6% 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.