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New Hampton, IA

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Overview


New Hampton is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,416 people and just one neighborhood, New Hampton is the 145th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, New Hampton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.27% of the New Hampton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, New Hampton is a city of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in New Hampton who work in office and administrative support (9.95%), sales jobs (5.46%), and management occupations (5.06%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One of the benefits of New Hampton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.25 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.

As is often the case in a small city, New Hampton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, New Hampton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.82% of adults 25 and older in New Hampton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Hampton in 2018 was $31,940, 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 $127,760 for a family of four. However, New Hampton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in New Hampton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 New Hampton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 67.7% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 90.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.6% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 53.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 0.9% have Czechoslovakian 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 New Hampton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 1.8% 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 75.9% 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, 44.0% 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.7%).

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 New Hampton, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (53.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 (67.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (90.5%) 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 (5.9%) . 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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