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Fredericksburg - Lawler, IA

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Overview


Fredericksburg - Lawler is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,620 people and just one neighborhood, Fredericksburg - Lawler is the 198th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fredericksburg - Lawler is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.87% of the Fredericksburg - Lawler workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fredericksburg - Lawler is a town of managers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fredericksburg - Lawler who work in management occupations (12.55%), sales jobs (8.34%), and office and administrative support (6.86%).

A relatively large number of people in Fredericksburg - Lawler telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.03% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Fredericksburg - Lawler is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Fredericksburg - Lawler’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Fredericksburg - Lawler are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.69% of adults in Fredericksburg - Lawler having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fredericksburg - Lawler in 2018 was $35,806, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,224 for a family of four. However, Fredericksburg - Lawler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fredericksburg - Lawler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fredericksburg - Lawler residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fredericksburg - Lawler include German, Irish, Norwegian, Czech, and English.

The most common language spoken in Fredericksburg - Lawler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 19 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.9% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.0% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Iowa, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Iowa.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 56.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.1% have Swiss ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fredericksburg - Lawler are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.4% 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 66.5% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.4% 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 34.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Fredericksburg - Lawler, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (56.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (39.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.5%) 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 (7.0%) and 5.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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