Packwaukee is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 242 people and just one neighborhood, Packwaukee is the 494th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Packwaukee is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.59% of the Packwaukee workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Packwaukee is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Packwaukee who work in food service (13.24%), management occupations (11.76%), and office and administrative support (7.35%).
A relatively large number of people in Packwaukee telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.24% 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.
The overall crime rate in Packwaukee 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!) Packwaukee 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. Packwaukee has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Packwaukee than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Packwaukee may be for you.
For a small town, Packwaukee has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride taxis. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Packwaukee exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The population of Packwaukee has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.52% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Packwaukee in 2022 was $24,145, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,580 for a family of four.
Packwaukee is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Packwaukee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Packwaukee residents report their race to be White. Packwaukee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.12% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Packwaukee include German, English, Polish, Irish, and Icelander.
The most common language spoken in Packwaukee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
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 38.8%, which is higher than 97.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 52.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 5.0% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 16.7% 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 99.5% 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 Packwaukee are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 1.6% 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 76.6% of America'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, 40.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.6%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (16.7%).
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 Packwaukee, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (52.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report Polish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.2%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.4%) 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 (7.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.