One of the benefits of Le Mars is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.98 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Le Mars does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Le Mars who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.52% of adults in Le Mars have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Le Mars in 2018 was $37,266, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,064 for a family of four. However, Le Mars contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Le Mars is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Le Mars home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Le Mars residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Le Mars include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Le Mars is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
