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Coon Valley, WI

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Overview


Coon Valley is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 759 people and just one neighborhood, Coon Valley is the 411th largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Coon Valley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Coon Valley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coon Valley is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Coon Valley who work in office and administrative support (15.46%), sales jobs (12.85%), and personal care services (7.43%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Coon Valley is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Coon Valley 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 village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Coon Valley has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Coon Valley’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

Demographics

The citizens of Coon Valley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.83% of adults in Coon Valley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Coon Valley in 2022 was $31,630, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,520 for a family of four. However, Coon Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Coon Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coon Valley residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Coon Valley include Norwegian, German, Irish, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Coon Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Scandinavian languages and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 31 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.6% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 36.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 39.1% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Coon Valley are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.8% 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, 34.4% 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 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.6% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (11.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Coon Valley, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.1%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (36.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (36.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (9.1%) . 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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