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Dilworth, MN

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Overview


Dilworth is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 4,771 people and just one neighborhood, Dilworth is the 169th largest community in Minnesota. Dilworth has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Dilworth, where the median household income is $84,602.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dilworth is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dilworth is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dilworth who work in healthcare (13.46%), management occupations (12.64%), and teaching (10.85%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The education level of Dilworth citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.96% of adults in Dilworth have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dilworth in 2018 was $43,804, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $175,216 for a family of four. However, Dilworth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Dilworth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Other Indo-European.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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, 26.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 6.7% have Swedish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% 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 Dilworth are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.9% 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, 48.9% 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 21.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.4%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

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 88.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic, Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Dilworth, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (26.4%), and residents who report English roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (6.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (10.6%) . 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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