About Delmar

Delmar is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,181 people and just one neighborhood, Delmar is the 281st largest community in Iowa. Delmar has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

When you are in Delmar, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.4% of Delmar's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Delmar is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Delmar who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.01%), farm management (10.87%), and sales jobs (8.98%).

In addition, many people in Delmar have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.43% 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.

Delmar is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Delmar, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.13% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Delmar does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Delmar Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Delmar who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 13.98% of the adults in Delmar have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Delmar in 2000 was $16,512, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,048 for a family of four.

The people who call Delmar home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Delmar is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Delmar include German, Irish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Delmar is English.