Babbitt is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,383 people and just one neighborhood, Babbitt is the 366th largest community in Minnesota.
Babbitt is a blue-collar town, with 39.71% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Babbitt is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Babbitt who work in healthcare suport services (9.65%), sales jobs (8.84%), and office and administrative support (8.52%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Babbitt 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. Babbitt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Babbitt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Babbitt may be for you.
Babbitt is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Babbitt is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.07% of adults 25 and older in Babbitt have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Babbitt in 2022 was $32,922, 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 $131,688 for a family of four. However, Babbitt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Babbitt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Babbitt residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Babbitt include German, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Babbitt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 13 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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 Finnish and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 8.7% have Swedish ancestry.
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 Babbitt are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.9% 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, 38.6% 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 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.2%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.0%).
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 Babbitt, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.7%). There are also a number of people of Finnish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (8.7%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (29.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.3%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.