Overall, Elcho’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 town 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!) Elcho 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. Elcho has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elcho than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elcho may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Elcho spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.72 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Elcho is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Elcho has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.26% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Elcho in 2022 was $22,554, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,216 for a family of four. Elcho also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Elcho home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elcho residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Elcho include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Elcho is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
