Waterville - Elysian is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,694 people and just one neighborhood, Waterville - Elysian is the 198th largest community in Minnesota.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Waterville - Elysian is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.16% of the Waterville - Elysian workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Waterville - Elysian is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterville - Elysian who work in management occupations (10.18%), office and administrative support (8.84%), and healthcare (6.97%).
Being a small town, Waterville - Elysian does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Waterville - Elysian overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Waterville - Elysian, 24.13% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Waterville - Elysian in 2022 was $40,280, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,120 for a family of four. However, Waterville - Elysian contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Waterville - Elysian home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waterville - Elysian residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Waterville - Elysian include German, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Waterville - Elysian is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Waterville - Elysian is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.9% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota. If you are considering retiring to Minnesota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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, 46.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 9.0% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Waterville - Elysian are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.2% 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, 34.1% 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 33.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.7%).
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 Waterville - Elysian, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (46.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (4.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.9%) 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 (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.