Helenville is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 238 people and just one neighborhood, Helenville is the 497th largest community in Wisconsin. Much of the housing stock in Helenville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Helenville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Helenville, where the median household income is .
Helenville real estate is some of the most expensive in Wisconsin, although Helenville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Helenville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Helenville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Helenville is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Helenville who work in food service (18.97%), management occupations (18.97%), and maintenance occupations (15.52%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Helenville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Helenville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Helenville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Helenville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Helenville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Helenville may be for you.
One of the benefits of Helenville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.87 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Helenville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Helenville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.38% of adults in Helenville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Helenville in 2022 was $40,479, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,916 for a family of four. However, Helenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Helenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Helenville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Helenville include German, English, French, Polish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Helenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Helenville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 5.7% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Helenville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% 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 69.0% of America'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, 41.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Helenville, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report English roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.4%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.7%) 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 (7.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.