Hancock is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 400 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hancock is the 471st largest community in Wisconsin.

You will also find that a lot of people in Hancock work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.39% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Hancock’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Hancock 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. Hancock has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hancock than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hancock may be for you.

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

In terms of college education, Hancock ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hancock in 2022 was $22,788, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,152 for a family of four. Hancock also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.07% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Hancock is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Hancock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hancock residents report their race to be White. Hancock also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.43% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hancock include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian.

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