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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Cambridge, IA Ames, IA (240th St/South Dakota Ave), Ames, IA (240th St/State Ave), Ames, IA (City Center), Ames, IA (Gilbert), Ames, IA (Grand Ave/13th St), Ames, IA (Grand Ave/9th St), Ames, IA (Grand Ave/Bloomington Rd), Ames, IA (Lincoln Way/Hyland Ave), Ames, IA (Ontario), Ankeny, IA (Crocker/Oralabor)
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $144,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | high cost relative to IA, low cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Mobile homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Rowhouses & attached 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 Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Quiet, Urban Sophisticates |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some College students (people currently attending college), some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 7 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Middle income (near average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Government employees, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Sales & Service workers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Hispanic, some Italian ancestry |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
BALLARD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
1,433 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
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| Better than: of IA school districts |
76.7% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
8 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
77.0% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 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 |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| BALLARD COMMUNITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 509 N MAIN AVENUE, HUXLEY, IA 50124 (515) 597-2971 |
07-08 |
| BALLARD COMMUNITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 509 N MAIN AVENUE, HUXLEY, IA 50124 (515) 597-2971 |
09-12 |
| EAST ELEMENTARY 505 WEST FOURTH STREET, CAMBRIDGE, IA 50046 (515) 220-4306 |
04-06 |
| WEST ELEMENTARY 105 E MAIN ST, SLATER, IA 50244 (515) 228-3890 |
PK-03 |
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 96.7 | 86.6 |
| BLACK (%) | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 1.4 | 5.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 18.3 | 31.9 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,312 | $6,179,000 | 46.2 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $254 | $364,000 | 2.7 |
| STAFF | $341 | $488,000 | 3.6 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $234 | $335,000 | 2.5 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $365 | $523,000 | 3.9 |
| OPERATION | $748 | $1,072,000 | 8.0 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $320 | $459,000 | 3.4 |
| OTHER | $195 | $279,000 | 2.1 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,456 | $3,520,000 | 26.3 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,562 | $3,672,000 | 27.5 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $9,331 | $13,371,000 | 100.0 |
Cambridge EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Cambridge WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 28.3 |
| CHILDREN IN Cambridge LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 5.0 |
Cambridge Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IA* |
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| Since 1990 |  142.60%
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7.81%
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About Cambridge
Cambridge is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,371 people and just one neighborhood, Cambridge is the 261st largest community in Iowa.
Cambridge is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Cambridge is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cambridge who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.80%), sales jobs (10.81%), and management occupations (7.16%).
Also of interest is that Cambridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Cambridge 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.
Cambridge Information and Demographics
In terms of college education, Cambridge is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.07% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cambridge in 2000 was $20,057, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,228 for a family of four.
The people who call Cambridge home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cambridge is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cambridge include German, Norwegian, English, Irish, Scottish, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Cambridge is English.
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