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Fosston, MN

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Overview


Fosston is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,399 people and just one neighborhood, Fosston is the 363rd largest community in Minnesota.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Fosston isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fosston are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fosston is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fosston who work in office and administrative support (10.51%), sales jobs (9.53%), and healthcare suport services (9.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fosston has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fosston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fosston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fosston may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fosston spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.19 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Demographics

The citizens of Fosston are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.49% of adults in Fosston having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fosston in 2018 was $27,461, 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 $109,844 for a family of four. However, Fosston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Fosston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Scandinavian languages and Russian.

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

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 11 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.8% of America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Fosston is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.3% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota. If you are considering retiring to Minnesota, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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, 41.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 10.6% have Swedish 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 Fosston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.8% 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, 36.8% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 16.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% 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 Fosston, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Norwegian (41.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (23.8%), and residents who report Swedish roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 (50.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (9.4%) and 6.9% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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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