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Beresford - Alcester, SD

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Overview


Beresford - Alcester is a very small town located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 4,318 people and just one neighborhood, Beresford - Alcester is the 25th largest community in South Dakota. Beresford - Alcester has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Beresford - Alcester is a blue-collar town, with 39.72% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Beresford - Alcester is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beresford - Alcester who work in management occupations (9.50%), sales jobs (8.53%), and office and administrative support (8.49%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.70% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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

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

Demographics

The population of Beresford - Alcester overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Beresford - Alcester, 23.06% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Beresford - Alcester in 2022 was $34,290, which is upper middle income relative to South Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,160 for a family of four. However, Beresford - Alcester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Beresford - Alcester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beresford - Alcester residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Beresford - Alcester include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Beresford - Alcester is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

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 Beresford - Alcester, 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 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.5% of America.

Diversity

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, 17.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 8.5% have Swedish 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 Beresford - Alcester are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.7% 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 59.5% 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, 36.7% 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 33.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.9%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Beresford - Alcester, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.7%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (8.5%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 (45.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (11.5%) . 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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