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Renville - Morton, MN

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Overview


Renville - Morton is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,602 people and just one neighborhood, Renville - Morton is the 272nd largest community in Minnesota. Much of the housing stock in Renville - Morton was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Renville - Morton is a blue-collar town, with 38.12% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Renville - Morton is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Renville - Morton who work in management occupations (10.14%), office and administrative support (8.68%), and healthcare suport services (7.30%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Renville - Morton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.67% of the adults in Renville - Morton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Renville - Morton in 2022 was $30,384, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,536 for a family of four. However, Renville - Morton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Renville - Morton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Renville - Morton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Renville - Morton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Renville - Morton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Renville - Morton include German, Norwegian, Irish, Czech, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Renville - Morton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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

Real Estate

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 15 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.9% of America.

Diversity

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, 19.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 42.0% have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Renville - Morton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.1% of U.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, 35.8% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.0%), and 15.6% 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 87.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Renville - Morton, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (19.7%), and residents who report Mexican roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (13.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 (53.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (6.6%) . 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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