Kendall is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 477 people and just one neighborhood, Kendall is the 456th largest community in Wisconsin. Kendall has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Kendall, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.16% of Kendall’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Kendall is a village of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kendall who work in office and administrative support (13.95%), sales jobs (6.40%), and farm management occupations (6.40%).
The overall crime rate in Kendall 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.
Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Kendall is worth considering.
Being a small village, Kendall does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Kendall rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.93% of adults 25 and older in Kendall have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Kendall in 2022 was $31,919, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,676 for a family of four. However, Kendall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kendall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kendall residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kendall include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Kendall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Kendall, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 41.3% have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 16.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Kendall are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.5% 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, 37.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.8%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
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 Kendall, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.3%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.8%) 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 (9.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.