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Odebolt - Wall Lake, IA

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Overview


Odebolt - Wall Lake is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,583 people and just one neighborhood, Odebolt - Wall Lake is the 206th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Odebolt - Wall Lake was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Odebolt - Wall Lake is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Odebolt - Wall Lake is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Odebolt - Wall Lake who work in management occupations (18.37%), office and administrative support (13.57%), and sales jobs (8.86%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.55% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Odebolt - Wall Lake is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Odebolt - Wall Lake really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Odebolt - Wall Lake perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Odebolt - Wall Lake spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.86 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small town, Odebolt - Wall Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Odebolt - Wall Lake rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.56% of adults 25 and older in Odebolt - Wall Lake have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Odebolt - Wall Lake in 2018 was $34,543, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,172 for a family of four. However, Odebolt - Wall Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Odebolt - Wall Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Odebolt - Wall Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Odebolt - Wall Lake include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Odebolt - Wall Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

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.

Real Estate

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 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.6% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 45.1% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 4.8% have Swedish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Odebolt - Wall Lake are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.7% 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 63.2% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 33.2% 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 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.5% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (8.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Odebolt - Wall Lake, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (45.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (4.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (52.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.6%) . 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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