Whitehall - Pigeon Falls is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 4,070 people and just one neighborhood, Whitehall - Pigeon Falls is the 196th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Whitehall - Pigeon Falls is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.28% of the Whitehall - Pigeon Falls workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Whitehall - Pigeon Falls is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls who work in management occupations (11.57%), office and administrative support (7.94%), and sales jobs (7.85%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.74% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The percentage of adults in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.31% of adults in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls in 2022 was $32,175, 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 $128,700 for a family of four. However, Whitehall - Pigeon Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Whitehall - Pigeon Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitehall - Pigeon Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls include German, Norwegian, Polish, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Whitehall - Pigeon Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Whitehall - Pigeon Falls, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 13.6% have Polish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.8% 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 99.4% 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 Whitehall - Pigeon Falls are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.7% 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 54.0% 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, 36.7% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 91.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, German/Yiddish and Spanish.
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 Whitehall - Pigeon Falls, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.3%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (28.3%), and residents who report Polish roots (13.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.6%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (6.1%), among others.
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 (43.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.2%) 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 (11.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.