The overall crime rate in Hancock is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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.
The population of Hancock has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.08% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Hancock in 2022 was $23,447, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,788 for a family of four.
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 12.98% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hancock include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Hancock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
