Wrenshall is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 439 people and just one neighborhood, Wrenshall is the 463rd largest community in Minnesota.
Unlike some cities, Wrenshall isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wrenshall are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wrenshall is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wrenshall who work in sales jobs (9.20%), food service (8.62%), and office and administrative support (8.05%).
Also of interest is that Wrenshall has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Wrenshall is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Wrenshall 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, Wrenshall has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Wrenshall’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The city 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, Wrenshall has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wrenshall a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Wrenshall does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Wrenshall citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.02% of adults in Wrenshall have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wrenshall in 2022 was $37,567, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,268 for a family of four. However, Wrenshall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Wrenshall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wrenshall residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Wrenshall include German, Norwegian, Irish, Polish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Wrenshall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and German/Yiddish.
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 Wrenshall, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 21 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 11.7% have Finnish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% 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 Wrenshall are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.9% 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 61.9% 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, 36.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.1%), and 10.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
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 96.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Wrenshall, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.6%). There are also a number of people of Swedish ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (12.3%), and some of the residents are also of Finnish ancestry (11.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (9.4%), 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 (42.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.