Lone Tree is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,355 people and just one neighborhood, Lone Tree is the 323rd largest community in Iowa. Lone Tree has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
Lone Tree is a blue-collar town, with 36.83% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lone Tree is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lone Tree who work in office and administrative support (14.58%), management occupations (6.11%), and healthcare suport services (5.80%).
Also of interest is that Lone Tree has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small city, Lone Tree does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Lone Tree citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.01% of adults 25 and older in Lone Tree have a college degree.
The per capita income in Lone Tree in 2018 was $32,809, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,236 for a family of four. However, Lone Tree contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lone Tree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lone Tree residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lone Tree include German, Irish, Czech, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Lone Tree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
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 26 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.6% of America.
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 Lone Tree are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% 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 70.0% 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, 32.1% 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 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.7%), and 13.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.2%).
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 Lone Tree, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
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 (42.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.3%) 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 (18.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
