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Rock Valley - Ireton, IA

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Overview


Rock Valley - Ireton is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 6,658 people and just one neighborhood, Rock Valley - Ireton is the 63rd largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rock Valley - Ireton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.92% of the Rock Valley - Ireton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rock Valley - Ireton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rock Valley - Ireton who work in office and administrative support (14.20%), teaching (10.50%), and sales jobs (9.42%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Rock Valley - Ireton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Rock Valley - Ireton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Rock Valley - Ireton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Rock Valley - Ireton’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.72 minutes getting to work every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Rock Valley - Ireton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 21.00% of the adults in Rock Valley - Ireton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rock Valley - Ireton in 2018 was $32,248, which is middle income relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,992 for a family of four. However, Rock Valley - Ireton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rock Valley - Ireton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rock Valley - Ireton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rock Valley - Ireton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rock Valley - Ireton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.74% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rock Valley - Ireton include Dutch, German, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Rock Valley - Ireton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 86.4% of the neighborhoods in IA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 62.5% 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 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Real Estate

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 90.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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, 49.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

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 Rock Valley - Ireton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.7% of the neighborhoods in America. 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, 35.7% 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.5%), and 16.5% 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 88.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Rock Valley - Ireton, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dutch (49.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.5%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (10.7%) . 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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