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Durand, WI

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Overview


Durand is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 1,850 people and just one neighborhood, Durand is the 315th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Durand is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Durand is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Durand who work in office and administrative support (16.18%), management occupations (9.12%), and healthcare suport services (8.03%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Durand’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Durand has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Durand has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Durand than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Durand may be for you.

Being a small city, Durand does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Durand is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.27% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Durand in 2018 was $34,784, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,136 for a family of four. However, Durand contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Durand home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Durand residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Durand include German, Irish, Austrian, Norwegian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Durand is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and West Germanic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 14.1% have Norwegian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.2% 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 Durand 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, 8.3% 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 55.1% 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, 30.2% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.1%), and 16.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

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 94.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

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 Durand, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report Austrian roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 (40.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.9%) 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 (7.5%) . 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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