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Leon, IA

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Overview


Leon is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,828 people and just one neighborhood, Leon is the 284th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Leon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Leon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Leon is a city of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leon who work in computer science and math (16.90%), healthcare suport services (13.34%), and food service (7.50%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small city, Leon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Leon with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.21% of adults in Leon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Leon in 2018 was $27,082, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,328 for a family of four. However, Leon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Leon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Leon include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish.

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

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

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, 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 5.2% 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. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch 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 Leon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 34.9% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.6%), and 16.9% 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 98.0% of households.

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 Leon, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (6.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.4%) 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 (11.0%) . 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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