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Atkins - Newhall, IA

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Overview


Atkins - Newhall is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 5,815 people and just one neighborhood, Atkins - Newhall is the 72nd largest community in Iowa.

Atkins - Newhall real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Atkins - Newhall house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Atkins - Newhall isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Atkins - Newhall are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Atkins - Newhall is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atkins - Newhall who work in office and administrative support (10.87%), management occupations (9.46%), and sales jobs (8.12%).

Setting & Lifestyle

In addition, Atkins - Newhall is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Atkins - Newhall 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, Atkins - Newhall really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Atkins - Newhall 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.

Demographics

The overall education level of Atkins - Newhall is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.65% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Atkins - Newhall in 2018 was $38,553, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,212 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Atkins - Newhall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Iowa. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 44.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German 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 Atkins - Newhall are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.4% 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 67.1% of America'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, 35.7% 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 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 13.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

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 Atkins - Newhall, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.0%), and residents who report English roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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