Iowa is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,106 people and just one neighborhood, Iowa is the 122nd largest community in Louisiana. Iowa has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Iowa, where the median household income is $72,868.00.
Iowa real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Iowa house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Iowa isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Iowa are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Iowa is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Iowa who work in office and administrative support (21.13%), healthcare (8.47%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.26%).
Also of interest is that Iowa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In terms of college education, Iowa is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.67% of adults 25 and older in Iowa have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Iowa in 2022 was $30,221, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,884 for a family of four. However, Iowa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Iowa is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Iowa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iowa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Iowa include French, Irish, German, English, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Iowa is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
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.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (32.2%) than in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.6% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 3.6% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Iowa are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.6% 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, 32.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (25.4%), and 14.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.4% of households. Some people also speak French (7.6%).
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 Iowa, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (21.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report German roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (61.3%) 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 (32.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.