Carlos is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 487 people and just one neighborhood, Carlos is the 454th largest community in Minnesota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Carlos, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Carlos, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Carlos’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Carlos does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,625.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Carlos is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.36% of the Carlos workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Carlos is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Carlos who work in sales jobs (11.27%), healthcare suport services (6.91%), and food service (6.18%).
Because of many things, Carlos is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Carlos really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Carlos perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
As is often the case in a small city, Carlos doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Carlos has a very low overall level of education: only 9.12% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Carlos in 2022 was $31,633, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,532 for a family of four. However, Carlos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Carlos home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carlos residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carlos include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Carlos is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Carlos, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Minnesota. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 25.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 10.9% have Swedish 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 Carlos are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.0% 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 78.8% 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, 45.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.9%), and 7.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.8%).
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 Carlos, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (25.1%), and residents who report Swedish roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.