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Spirit Lake, IA
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Spirit Lake is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 5,516 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spirit Lake is the 80th largest community in Iowa.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.31% 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.77 minutes getting to work every day.

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

The citizens of Spirit Lake are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.15% of adults in Spirit Lake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Spirit Lake in 2018 was $39,860, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,440 for a family of four. However, Spirit Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Spirit Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.


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