Weyauwega is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 1,768 people and just one neighborhood, Weyauwega is the 321st largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Weyauwega is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.72% of the Weyauwega workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Weyauwega is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Weyauwega who work in office and administrative support (11.31%), sales jobs (6.87%), and healthcare suport services (5.92%).
The overall crime rate in Weyauwega is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The percentage of adults in Weyauwega with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.74% of adults in Weyauwega have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Weyauwega in 2022 was $27,746, 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 $110,984 for a family of four. However, Weyauwega contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Weyauwega home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weyauwega residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Weyauwega include German, Irish, Norwegian, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Weyauwega is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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 Weyauwega, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Weyauwega are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.7% 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 59.5% 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, 36.9% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 16.3% 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 96.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Weyauwega, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.9%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.
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 (41.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.7%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.