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De Pere, WI
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De Pere profile


Living in De Pere



De Pere is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 25,348 people and eight associated neighborhoods, De Pere is the 32nd largest community in Wisconsin.

Of important note, De Pere is also a city of artists. De Pere has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape De Pere’s character.

Also of interest is that De Pere has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.71% 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.

In addition, De Pere is a college town. There are a lot of students in De Pere attending college, and as a result De Pere provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.22 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, De Pere does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of De Pere are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.48% of adults in De Pere have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in De Pere in 2022 was $38,148, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,592 for a family of four. However, De Pere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

De Pere is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call De Pere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of De Pere residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in De Pere include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Belgian.

The most common language spoken in De Pere is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.