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Helenville, WI

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Overview


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. Helenville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

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.

Occupations and Workforce

Helenville is a blue-collar town, with 39.50% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Helenville is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Helenville who work in computer science and math (13.45%), business and financial occupations (11.76%), and management occupations (6.72%).

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

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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Helenville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Helenville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Helenville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Helenville is worth considering.

One downside of living in Helenville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Helenville, the average commute to work is 34.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Helenville is a very car-oriented town. 96.64% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Helenville is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Helenville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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.

Demographics

The population of Helenville 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 Helenville, 23.77% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Helenville in 2022 was $43,666, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,664 for a family of four.

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, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Helenville include German, Italian, English, French, and Austrian.

The most common language spoken in Helenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 Helenville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Helenville is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in WI, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.3% of the neighborhoods in Wisconsin. If you are considering retiring to Wisconsin, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

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, 49.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 7.8% 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.

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 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, 7.0% 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 58.5% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.9% 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 32.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.4%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 99.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Helenville, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (49.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (8.2%) . 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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