Alden - Emmons is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,331 people and just one neighborhood, Alden - Emmons is the 219th largest community in Minnesota. Much of the housing stock in Alden - Emmons was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Alden - Emmons isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Alden - Emmons are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Alden - Emmons is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alden - Emmons who work in office and administrative support (12.93%), management occupations (10.58%), and healthcare (8.96%).
Because of many things, Alden - Emmons is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Alden - Emmons a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Alden - Emmons has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Alden - Emmons’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In terms of college education, Alden - Emmons is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.57% of adults 25 and older in Alden - Emmons have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alden - Emmons in 2022 was $40,244, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,976 for a family of four. However, Alden - Emmons contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Alden - Emmons home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alden - Emmons residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alden - Emmons include German, Norwegian, Irish, Danish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Alden - Emmons is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 32.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 5.9% have Danish 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 Alden - Emmons are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.6% 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 51.6% 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, 33.4% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 17.0% 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 96.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Alden - Emmons, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (32.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (5.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.