Elliott is a tiny city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 331 people and just one neighborhood, Elliott is the 415th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Elliott was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elliott is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.47% of the Elliott workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elliott is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elliott who work in office and administrative support (13.91%), management occupations (11.65%), and healthcare suport services (7.14%).
Also of interest is that Elliott has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Elliott 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, Elliott really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Elliott 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.
Elliott is a small city, 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 Elliott with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.46% of adults in Elliott have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Elliott in 2022 was $30,200, 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 $120,800 for a family of four. However, Elliott contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Elliott home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elliott residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Elliott include Irish, German, English, Swedish, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Elliott is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Elliott is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.4% of the neighborhoods in Iowa. If you are considering retiring to Iowa, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 2.0% have Danish ancestry.
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 Elliott are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.3% 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 57.9% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 37.0% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.7%), and 15.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
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 Elliott, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report Swedish roots (13.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (42.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.