Greene - Allison is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,570 people and just one neighborhood, Greene - Allison is the 211th largest community in Iowa.
Greene - Allison is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greene - Allison is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greene - Allison who work in management occupations (11.99%), healthcare (11.55%), and sales jobs (10.14%).
Overall, Greene - Allison’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Greene - Allison is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Greene - Allison who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.20% of the adults in Greene - Allison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Greene - Allison in 2022 was $35,313, 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 $141,252 for a family of four. However, Greene - Allison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Greene - Allison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greene - Allison residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Greene - Allison include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Greene - Allison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and German/Yiddish.
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.
If you are planning to retire in Iowa, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Iowa, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.1% of neighborhoods in IA. If a Iowa retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
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 30 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.7% of America.
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, 52.4% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
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 Greene - Allison are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.1% 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, 38.2% 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 30.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households.
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 Greene - Allison, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (52.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report English roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (2.8%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
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 (31.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (12.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.