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Searsboro, IA

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Overview


Searsboro is a tiny city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 127 people and just one neighborhood, Searsboro is the 444th largest community in Iowa.

Searsboro real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Searsboro house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Searsboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.62% of the Searsboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Searsboro is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Searsboro who work in food service (13.10%), management occupations (8.33%), and office and administrative support (7.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Searsboro’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Searsboro has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Searsboro a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Searsboro is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Searsboro ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.84% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Searsboro in 2018 was $18,134, which is low income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,536 for a family of four. However, Searsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Searsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Russian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

If you are planning to retire in Iowa, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Iowa, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.7% of neighborhoods in IA. If a Iowa retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 12 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.5% have Eastern European 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 Searsboro are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.8% 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 59.7% 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, 39.0% 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 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.7%), and 12.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).

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 Searsboro, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.3%). There are also a number of people of Dutch ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.9%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (5.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.3%) 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 (5.8%) . 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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