Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 2,056 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is the 48th largest community in North Dakota.
Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.34% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is a town of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan who work in teaching (16.58%), management occupations (15.18%), and office and administrative support (9.95%).
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!) Fort Totten - Minnewaukan 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. Fort Totten - Minnewaukan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Totten - Minnewaukan may be for you.
One of the benefits of Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.66 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Fort Totten - Minnewaukan are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.81% of adults in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan in 2022 was $21,412, which is low income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,648 for a family of four. However, Fort Totten - Minnewaukan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Totten - Minnewaukan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Totten - Minnewaukan residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan include Norwegian, German, Swedish, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages 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.
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 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.5%) living in the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 78.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 8.7% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.1% 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 99.8% 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 Fort Totten - Minnewaukan are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.7% of U.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, 44.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.7%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.7% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (8.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Fort Totten - Minnewaukan, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (78.3%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report German roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (2.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (54.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (70.1%) 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 (20.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.