Schleswig - Kiron is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,982 people and just one neighborhood, Schleswig - Kiron is the 267th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Schleswig - Kiron was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Schleswig - Kiron is a blue-collar town, with 39.96% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Schleswig - Kiron is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Schleswig - Kiron who work in management occupations (11.45%), office and administrative support (11.25%), and farm management occupations (8.73%).
Another important characteristic of Schleswig - Kiron is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
A relatively large number of people in Schleswig - Kiron telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Schleswig - Kiron’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
As is often the case in a small town, Schleswig - Kiron doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Schleswig - Kiron citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.63% of adults 25 and older in Schleswig - Kiron have a college degree.
The per capita income in Schleswig - Kiron in 2018 was $34,235, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,940 for a family of four. However, Schleswig - Kiron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Schleswig - Kiron is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Schleswig - Kiron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schleswig - Kiron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Schleswig - Kiron include German, Irish, Swedish, Dutch, and English.
The most common language spoken in Schleswig - Kiron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Schleswig - Kiron, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 8.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 54.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.1% have Danish 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 Schleswig - Kiron are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 27.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.3% 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 31.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.9%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.0%).
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 Schleswig - Kiron, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (54.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.2%), and residents who report Swedish roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.3%), 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 (52.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.