Muscoda - Montfort is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,745 people and just one neighborhood, Muscoda - Montfort is the 208th largest community in Wisconsin.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Muscoda - Montfort is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.94% of the Muscoda - Montfort workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Muscoda - Montfort is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Muscoda - Montfort who work in management occupations (10.92%), office and administrative support (9.42%), and sales jobs (8.36%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.92% 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Muscoda - Montfort doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Muscoda - Montfort who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.12% of the adults in Muscoda - Montfort have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Muscoda - Montfort in 2022 was $31,040, 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 $124,160 for a family of four. However, Muscoda - Montfort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Muscoda - Montfort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Muscoda - Montfort residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Muscoda - Montfort include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Muscoda - Montfort is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages 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 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 1.2% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.8% 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 99.2% 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 Muscoda - Montfort are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.8% 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, 36.3% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 14.0% 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 92.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
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 Muscoda - Montfort, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 (41.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.8%) 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 (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.