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Gwinner, ND

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Overview


Gwinner is a tiny city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 916 people and just one neighborhood, Gwinner is the 89th largest community in North Dakota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Gwinner, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Gwinner, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Gwinner’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Gwinner does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $66,500.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gwinner is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.27% of the Gwinner workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gwinner is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gwinner who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), architecture and engineering (8.14%), and management occupations (5.64%).

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Gwinner, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

Setting & Lifestyle

One of the benefits of Gwinner is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 11.89 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small city, Gwinner doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Gwinner are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.67% of adults in Gwinner have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Gwinner in 2022 was $38,209, which is middle income relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,836 for a family of four. However, Gwinner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gwinner is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gwinner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gwinner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gwinner include German, Norwegian, Swedish, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Gwinner is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 67.9% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Modes of Transportation

More people in choose to walk to work each day (14.5%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 42.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.0% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 25.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 8.6% have Swedish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Gwinner are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.1% 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 61.2% of America'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, 42.9% 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 34.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.2%), and 9.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

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 91.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Gwinner, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.5%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (25.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (8.6%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (67.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (63.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (14.5%) and 10.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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