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Kendall, WI

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Overview


Kendall is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 475 people and just one neighborhood, Kendall is the 456th largest community in Wisconsin. Much of the housing stock in Kendall was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Kendall, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.35% of Kendall’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kendall is a village of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kendall who work in office and administrative support (10.27%), management occupations (9.19%), and sales jobs (8.11%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Kendall’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Kendall has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kendall a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Kendall is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Kendall is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.04% of adults 25 and older in Kendall have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kendall in 2022 was $30,596, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,384 for a family of four. However, Kendall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Kendall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kendall residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kendall include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Kendall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

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 92.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 42.2% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Kendall are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.9% 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, 37.1% 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 33.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.5%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 83.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Kendall, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.8%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (4.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.3%) 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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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