About Palo

Palo is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,500 people and just one neighborhood, Palo is the 252nd largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Palo is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Palo is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Palo who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.05%), sales jobs (9.58%), and food service (5.41%).

Also of interest is that Palo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Palo is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Palo a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Palo has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Palo's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Palo 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 Palo, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.59% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Palo 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.

Palo Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Palo with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 13.74% of adults in Palo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Palo in 2000 was $21,254, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,016 for a family of four.

The people who call Palo home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Palo is White, followed by Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Palo include German, Irish, Czech, English, Norwegian, and Czechoslovakian.

The most common language spoken in Palo is English.