Winner is a very small city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 2,912 people and just one neighborhood, Winner is the 46th largest community in South Dakota.
Winner is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Winner is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winner who work in office and administrative support (14.50%), healthcare (13.26%), and sales jobs (11.64%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Winner spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.79 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The citizens of Winner are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.31% of adults in Winner have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Winner in 2022 was $26,135, which is low income relative to South Dakota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,540 for a family of four. However, Winner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Winner is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Winner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winner residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Winner include German, Irish, Czech, Norwegian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Winner is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Native American languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 82.9% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Of particular note, 2.7% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 12.8% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.3% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 40.2% have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% 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 Winner are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.1% 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, 36.2% 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 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.5%), and 18.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (2.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Winner, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.2%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (18.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (8.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (82.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.8%) and 11.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.