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Massena - Cumberland, IA

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Overview


Massena - Cumberland is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,537 people and just one neighborhood, Massena - Cumberland is the 310th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Massena - Cumberland was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Massena - Cumberland, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.56% of Massena - Cumberland’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Massena - Cumberland is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Massena - Cumberland who work in management occupations (13.32%), sales jobs (10.76%), and teaching (10.24%).

In addition, many people in Massena - Cumberland have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

Setting & Lifestyle

Massena - Cumberland 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.

Demographics

In Massena - Cumberland, just 12.25% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Massena - Cumberland in 2018 was $39,736, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,944 for a family of four. However, Massena - Cumberland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Massena - Cumberland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Massena - Cumberland residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Massena - Cumberland include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Massena - Cumberland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.

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

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

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 8 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.5% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Massena - Cumberland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.8% of U.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, 32.4% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 9.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Massena - Cumberland, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (31.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report English roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.6%) 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 (5.3%) . 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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