Osceola is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,865 people and just one neighborhood, Osceola is the 264th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Osceola is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.18% of the Osceola workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Osceola is a village of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Osceola who work in office and administrative support (8.90%), management occupations (7.05%), and teaching (6.60%).
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Osceola has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Osceola a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Osceola is a small village, 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 Osceola who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.19% of the adults in Osceola have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Osceola in 2022 was $29,996, 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 $119,984 for a family of four. However, Osceola contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Osceola home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Osceola residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Osceola include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Osceola is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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, 11.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 13.8% 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 Osceola are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.3% of U.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, 36.7% 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 35.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.0%).
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 Osceola, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.6%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Swedish roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.7%), 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 (30.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.9%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.