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Woodbine - Mondamin, IA

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Overview


Woodbine - Mondamin is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,522 people and just one neighborhood, Woodbine - Mondamin is the 144th largest community in Iowa. Woodbine - Mondamin has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Woodbine - Mondamin is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Woodbine - Mondamin is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodbine - Mondamin who work in office and administrative support (14.74%), healthcare (8.38%), and management occupations (8.20%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.81% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Woodbine - Mondamin is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Woodbine - Mondamin 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, Woodbine - Mondamin has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Woodbine - Mondamin’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Woodbine - Mondamin 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Woodbine - Mondamin who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.78% of the adults in Woodbine - Mondamin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Woodbine - Mondamin in 2018 was $35,479, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,916 for a family of four. However, Woodbine - Mondamin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Woodbine - Mondamin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodbine - Mondamin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Woodbine - Mondamin include German, Irish, English, Danish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Woodbine - Mondamin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

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 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 38.1% have German ancestry.

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 Woodbine - Mondamin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.8% of America'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, 31.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 16.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

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 Woodbine - Mondamin, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.2%), and residents who report English roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (6.6%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 (35.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.1%) . 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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