Plover is a medium-sized village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 14,208 people and four associated neighborhoods, Plover is the 68th largest community in Wisconsin.Plover is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Plover is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plover who work in management occupations (11.18%), office and administrative support (9.36%), and business and financial occupations (8.02%). Also of interest is that Plover has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Plover telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.17% 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. Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.89 minutes getting to work every day.The citizens of Plover are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.16% of adults in Plover have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Plover in 2022 was $42,077, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,308 for a family of four. However, Plover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Plover is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Plover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plover residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Plover include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Plover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
