Olivia - Danube is a very small town located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,048 people and just one neighborhood, Olivia - Danube is the 234th largest community in Minnesota.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Olivia - Danube is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Olivia - Danube is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Olivia - Danube who work in office and administrative support (11.67%), management occupations (10.38%), and sales jobs (6.92%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Olivia - Danube spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.11 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
The percentage of adults in Olivia - Danube who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.19% of the adults in Olivia - Danube have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Olivia - Danube in 2022 was $32,272, 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 $129,088 for a family of four. However, Olivia - Danube contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Olivia - Danube is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Olivia - Danube home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Olivia - Danube residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Olivia - Danube also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.24% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Olivia - Danube include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Olivia - Danube is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.
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, 13.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 6.2% have Swedish ancestry.
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 Olivia - Danube are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.9% 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, 32.2% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.4%), and 17.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.2%).
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 Olivia - Danube, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.4%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (6.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.8%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.