Nashua is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,503 people and just one neighborhood, Nashua is the 308th largest community in Iowa. Nashua has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
When you are in Nashua, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.24% of Nashua’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Nashua is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nashua who work in office and administrative support (15.16%), management occupations (9.70%), and sales jobs (8.03%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nashua has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nashua has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nashua than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nashua may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Nashua doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Nashua with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.57% of adults in Nashua have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Nashua in 2022 was $33,848, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,392 for a family of four. However, Nashua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Nashua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nashua residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nashua include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Nashua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Nashua, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 52.0% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 6.4% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Nashua are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.6% 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 68.9% 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, 33.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.3%), and 16.3% 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 100.0% of households.
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 Nashua, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (52.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.5%) 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 (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.