Hinckley is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,936 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hinckley is the 322nd largest community in Minnesota.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hinckley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hinckley is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hinckley who work in food service (9.94%), office and administrative support (9.66%), and management occupations (9.09%). Also of interest is that Hinckley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.66% 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 city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hinckley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hinckley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The rate of college-level education in Hinckley is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.66% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Hinckley in 2022 was $23,219, which is low income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,876 for a family of four. However, Hinckley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hinckley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hinckley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinckley residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hinckley include German, Swedish, Irish, Norwegian, and English. The most common language spoken in Hinckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
