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Edgerton, MN

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Overview


Edgerton is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,264 people and just one neighborhood, Edgerton is the 381st largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Edgerton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.41% of Edgerton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Edgerton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Edgerton who work in office and administrative support (9.83%), maintenance occupations (9.37%), and management occupations (8.76%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Edgerton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Edgerton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Edgerton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Edgerton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Edgerton spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.13 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small city, Edgerton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Edgerton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.38% of adults in Edgerton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Edgerton in 2022 was $33,738, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,952 for a family of four. However, Edgerton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 93.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Edgerton is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.4% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota. If you are considering retiring to Minnesota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 45.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 8.8% have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Edgerton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.5% 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 76.9% 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, 32.5% 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 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.

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 Edgerton, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dutch (45.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (24.8%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (74.9%) 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 (9.4%) and 6.5% 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.


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