Briggsville - Endeavor is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,663 people and just one neighborhood, Briggsville - Endeavor is the 272nd largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Briggsville - Endeavor is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.44% of the Briggsville - Endeavor workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Briggsville - Endeavor is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Briggsville - Endeavor who work in management occupations (9.41%), office and administrative support (9.08%), and sales jobs (6.63%).
A relatively large number of people in Briggsville - Endeavor telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.64% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Briggsville - Endeavor doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Briggsville - Endeavor are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.70% of adults in Briggsville - Endeavor have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Briggsville - Endeavor in 2022 was $36,398, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,592 for a family of four. However, Briggsville - Endeavor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Briggsville - Endeavor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Briggsville - Endeavor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Briggsville - Endeavor include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Briggsville - Endeavor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Briggsville - Endeavor, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 91.8% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 8.5% have Norwegian 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 Briggsville - Endeavor are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.2% 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 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.4%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).
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 Briggsville - Endeavor, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.8%), 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 (42.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.