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Sister Bay - Ephraim, WI

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Overview


Sister Bay - Ephraim is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,028 people and just one neighborhood, Sister Bay - Ephraim is the 252nd largest community in Wisconsin.

Sister Bay - Ephraim home prices are not only among the most expensive in Wisconsin, but Sister Bay - Ephraim real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Sister Bay - Ephraim is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sister Bay - Ephraim is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sister Bay - Ephraim who work in management occupations (21.57%), sales jobs (13.28%), and office and administrative support (11.10%).

Of important note, Sister Bay - Ephraim is also a town of artists. Sister Bay - Ephraim has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sister Bay - Ephraim’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.84% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Sister Bay - Ephraim is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Sister Bay - Ephraim’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

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

One of the benefits of Sister Bay - Ephraim is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.60 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Sister Bay - Ephraim is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Sister Bay - Ephraim ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Sister Bay - Ephraim, 48.55% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Sister Bay - Ephraim in 2018 was $49,069, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $196,276 for a family of four. However, Sister Bay - Ephraim contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sister Bay - Ephraim home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sister Bay - Ephraim residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sister Bay - Ephraim include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Sister Bay - Ephraim is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

If you are planning to retire in Wisconsin, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Wisconsin, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.9% of neighborhoods in WI. If a Wisconsin retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 65.0% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 66.4% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 43.1% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Sister Bay - Ephraim are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 37.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.4% 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, 41.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.7%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Sister Bay - Ephraim, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (43.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.8%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (66.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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