Argonne is a tiny town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 135 people and just one neighborhood, Argonne is the 515th largest community in Wisconsin. Much of the housing stock in Argonne was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Argonne isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Argonne are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Argonne is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Argonne who work in office and administrative support (28.30%), sales jobs (16.98%), and healthcare suport services (13.21%).
Also of interest is that Argonne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Argonne’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Argonne 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. Argonne has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Argonne than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Argonne may be for you.
Argonne 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.
In terms of college education, Argonne ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.75% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Argonne in 2022 was $38,013, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,052 for a family of four. However, Argonne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Argonne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Argonne residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Argonne include German, Polish, Irish, Hungarian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Argonne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 71.4%, which is higher than 99.7% 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 3 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.9% 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 Eastern European and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Eastern European ancestry and 0.6% have Belgian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.6% 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 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Argonne are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 2.7% 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 72.2% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.1% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (14.6%).
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 Argonne, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.9%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (41.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.1%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.