Poy Sippi is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 379 people and just one neighborhood, Poy Sippi is the 474th largest community in Wisconsin. Poy Sippi has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Poy Sippi, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 54.89% of Poy Sippi’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Poy Sippi is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Poy Sippi who work in food service (12.78%), maintenance occupations (6.77%), and healthcare (6.77%).
Also of interest is that Poy Sippi has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Poy Sippi 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.
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!) Poy Sippi 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. Poy Sippi has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Poy Sippi than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Poy Sippi may be for you.
One downside of living in Poy Sippi, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.30 minutes every day commuting to work.
Poy Sippi is a very car-oriented town. 97.74% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Poy Sippi is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Poy Sippi has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Poy Sippi 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Poy Sippi rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.81% of adults 25 and older in Poy Sippi have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Poy Sippi in 2022 was $35,104, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,416 for a family of four. However, Poy Sippi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Poy Sippi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Poy Sippi residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Poy Sippi include German, Irish, Polish, Norwegian, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Poy Sippi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
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 91.5% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 38.2%, which is higher than 97.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 11.7% have Polish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Poy Sippi are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.3% of U.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, 33.2% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.5%), and 18.3% 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 96.1% 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 Poy Sippi, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (47.3%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.6%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (5.1%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (26.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (9.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.