Minnesota Lake - Easton is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,832 people and just one neighborhood, Minnesota Lake - Easton is the 331st largest community in Minnesota. Much of the housing stock in Minnesota Lake - Easton was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Minnesota Lake - Easton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.03% of Minnesota Lake - Easton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Minnesota Lake - Easton is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Minnesota Lake - Easton who work in management occupations (15.99%), office and administrative support (9.97%), and healthcare (6.85%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.41% 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.
Because of many things, Minnesota Lake - Easton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Minnesota Lake - Easton 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 town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Minnesota Lake - Easton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Minnesota Lake - Easton’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The citizens of Minnesota Lake - Easton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.58% of adults in Minnesota Lake - Easton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Minnesota Lake - Easton in 2022 was $38,332, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,328 for a family of four. However, Minnesota Lake - Easton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Minnesota Lake - Easton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Minnesota Lake - Easton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Minnesota Lake - Easton include German, Norwegian, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Minnesota Lake - Easton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 10 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 46.7% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 14.5% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.5% 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 97.9% 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 Minnesota Lake - Easton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.1% of U.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, 33.6% 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 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (9.5%).
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 Minnesota Lake - Easton, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (46.7%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.3%), 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 (30.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.7%) 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 (5.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.