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Wauzeka, WI

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Overview


Wauzeka is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 625 people and just one neighborhood, Wauzeka is the 432nd largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wauzeka is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.42% of the Wauzeka workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wauzeka is a village of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wauzeka who work in office and administrative support (9.47%), sales jobs (7.40%), and management occupations (7.10%).

Wauzeka is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Wauzeka, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Wauzeka has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wauzeka a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Wauzeka with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.18% of adults in Wauzeka have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wauzeka in 2022 was $28,047, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,188 for a family of four. However, Wauzeka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wauzeka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wauzeka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wauzeka include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Wauzeka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 34 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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, 36.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 7.3% have Norwegian ancestry.

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 Wauzeka are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.8% 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, 41.0% 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 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).

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 Wauzeka, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (11.9%) . 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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