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Foreston, MN

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Overview


Foreston is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 573 people and just one neighborhood, Foreston is the 442nd largest community in Minnesota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Foreston, 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 Foreston, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Foreston’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Foreston does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $94,219.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Foreston is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Foreston is a city of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Foreston who work in teaching (14.50%), business and financial occupations (11.75%), and food service (10.00%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.75% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Foreston is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Foreston really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Foreston perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small city, Foreston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Foreston who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.19% of adults in Foreston have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Foreston in 2022 was $34,483, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,932 for a family of four. However, Foreston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Foreston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Foreston residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Foreston include German, Swedish, Irish, Norwegian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Foreston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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.

Real Estate

Owner-occupied real estate dominates the neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 95.8% of neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 11.4% have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Foreston 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. In addition, 3.7% 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 68.6% 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, 37.1% 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 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households.

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 Foreston, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.3%). There are also a number of people of Swedish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (11.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (28.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (78.2%) 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 (9.6%) . 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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