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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Altoona, IA Ankeny, IA (Crocker/Oralabor), Ankeny, IA (Delaware Ave/102nd Ave), Ankeny, IA (Faith Baptist Bible College/Irvinedale Dr), Des Moines, IA (34th St/Hickman Rd), Des Moines, IA (Douglas Ave/38th St), Des Moines, IA (Douglas Ave/Lawnwoods Dr), Des Moines, IA (Grand Ave/Tonawanda Dr), Des Moines, IA (Ingersoll Ave/28th St), Des Moines, IA (Lower Beaver Rd/Madison Ave), Des Moines, IA (Open Bible College/Valley Dr)
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $179,802 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very high cost relative to IA, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Small apartment buildings, a few Mobile homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 7 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some Hispanic, some Mexican |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
SOUTHEAST POLK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
5,211 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
6 |
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| Better than: of IA school districts |
58.1% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
7 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
68.6% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 16 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
PROFICIENT IN MATH |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| ALTOONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 301 6TH ST SW, ALTOONA, IA 50009 (515) 967-3771 |
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| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 910 7TH AVE SE, ALTOONA, IA 50009 (515) 967-2109 |
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| CLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 100 ELEMENTARY ST, ALTTONA, IA 50009 (M) - |
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| DELAWARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4401 NE 46TH ST, DES MOINES, IA 50317 (515) 262-3197 |
KG-06 |
| FOUR MILE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 670 SE 68TH ST, PLEASANT HILL, IA 50327 (515) 265-1972 |
KG-06 |
| MITCHELLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 308 ELM AVE NW, MITCHELLVILLE, IA 50169 (515) 967-4274 |
KG-06 |
| RUNNELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 6575 SE 116TH STREET, RUNNELLS, IA 50237 (515) 966-2068 |
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| SOUTHEAST POLK HIGH SCHOOL 8325 NE UNIVERSITY RR 2, RUNNELLS, IA 50237 (515) 967-6631 |
09-12 |
| SOUTHEAST POLK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 8031 NE UNIVERSITY RR 2, RUNNELLS, IA 50237 (515) 967-5509 |
07-08 |
| THE HARBOR-SOUTHEAST POLK ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL 1301 FIRST AVE N, ALTOONA, IA 50009 (515) 957-8811 |
09-12 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 91.3 | 86.6 |
| BLACK (%) | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 3.3 | 5.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 18.8 | 31.9 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,544 | $23,681,000 | 45.6 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $375 | $1,952,000 | 3.8 |
| STAFF | $235 | $1,227,000 | 2.4 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $144 | $751,000 | 1.4 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $461 | $2,401,000 | 4.6 |
| OPERATION | $801 | $4,174,000 | 8.0 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $327 | $1,706,000 | 3.3 |
| OTHER | $305 | $1,590,000 | 3.1 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,648 | $13,801,000 | 26.6 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,770 | $14,436,000 | 27.8 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $9,963 | $51,918,000 | 100.0 |
Altoona EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Altoona WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 23.4 |
| CHILDREN IN Altoona LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 7.8 |
Altoona Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IA* |
COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
| Since 1990 |  166.84%
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8.78%
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About Altoona
Altoona is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 11,842 people and just one neighborhood, Altoona is the 28th largest community in Iowa.
Altoona is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Altoona is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Altoona who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.71%), sales jobs (12.76%), and management occupations (9.45%).
Also of interest is that Altoona has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Altoona is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Altoona isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.92% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Altoona does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Altoona Information and Demographics
In terms of college education, Altoona is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.95% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Altoona in 2000 was $20,917, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,668 for a family of four.
The people who call Altoona home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Altoona is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Altoona include German, Irish, English, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Altoona is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
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