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Lac du Flambeau, WI

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Overview

Lac du Flambeau is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 1,845 people and just one neighborhood, Lac du Flambeau is the 316th largest community in Wisconsin.

Lac du Flambeau real estate is some of the most expensive in Wisconsin, although Lac du Flambeau house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Lac du Flambeau isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lac du Flambeau are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lac du Flambeau is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lac du Flambeau who work in healthcare suport services (16.74%), sales jobs (12.25%), and maintenance occupations (8.53%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 28.84% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lac du Flambeau spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.10 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Lac du Flambeau with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.08% of adults in Lac du Flambeau have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lac du Flambeau in 2022 was $18,786, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,144 for a family of four. Lac du Flambeau also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Lac du Flambeau is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lac du Flambeau home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lac du Flambeau residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lac du Flambeau include German, English, Polish, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Lac du Flambeau is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 54.4%, which is higher than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.7% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% 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 Lac du Flambeau are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 41.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.2% 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, 36.1% 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.9%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Lac du Flambeau, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (47.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.5%), and residents who report English roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.0%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (49.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (66.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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