Dresser is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 944 people and just one neighborhood, Dresser is the 389th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dresser is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.78% of the Dresser workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dresser is a village of service providers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Dresser who work in business and financial occupations (10.30%), office and administrative support (8.08%), and food service (7.27%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.93% 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.
As is often the case in a small village, Dresser doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Dresser citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.13% of adults in Dresser have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dresser in 2022 was $30,911, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,644 for a family of four. However, Dresser contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Dresser home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dresser residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dresser include German, Norwegian, Swedish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dresser is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Scandinavian languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 21.7% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Dresser are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.8% 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 62.0% 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, 39.7% 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 35.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.4%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.6%).
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 Dresser, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (21.7%), and residents who report Swedish roots (15.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.