Braham is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,793 people and just one neighborhood, Braham is the 337th largest community in Minnesota.
When you are in Braham, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.82% of Braham’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Braham is a city of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Braham who work in office and administrative support (10.25%), community and social services (8.77%), and healthcare suport services (6.24%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.48% 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 Braham 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.
One downside of living in Braham is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Braham, the average commute to work is 31.94 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Braham with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.57% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Braham in 2022 was $27,895, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,580 for a family of four. However, Braham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Braham is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Braham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Braham residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Braham include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and Finnish.
The most common language spoken in Braham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 4.3% have Finnish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.3% 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 95.4% 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 Braham are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.3% of U.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, 35.7% 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 34.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.5%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.3%).
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 Braham, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.7%). There are also a number of people of Swedish ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (9.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (79.4%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.