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State Center, IA

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Overview


State Center is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,387 people and just one neighborhood, State Center is the 322nd largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in State Center was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in State Center, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.85% of State Center’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, State Center is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in State Center who work in healthcare (13.09%), sales jobs (9.76%), and office and administrative support (8.61%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, State Center is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making State Center a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, State Center has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, State Center’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small city, State Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of State Center is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.71% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in State Center in 2018 was $32,619, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,476 for a family of four. However, State Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

State Center is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call State Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of State Center residents report their race to be White. State Center also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in State Center include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in State Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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

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 19 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.0% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 6.0% have Norwegian 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 State Center are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 10.0% 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 50.8% of America'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, 37.1% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.1%).

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 State Center, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.3%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 (44.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.4%) 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 (8.2%) . 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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