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Mitchellville, IA

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Overview


Mitchellville is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,493 people and just one neighborhood, Mitchellville is the 222nd largest community in Iowa.

Mitchellville real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Mitchellville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Mitchellville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mitchellville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mitchellville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mitchellville who work in office and administrative support (9.81%), management occupations (8.62%), and business and financial occupations (7.83%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Mitchellville 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.

Demographics

In Mitchellville, just 11.24% 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 Mitchellville in 2018 was $24,639, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,556 for a family of four. However, Mitchellville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Mitchellville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mitchellville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mitchellville include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

Of particular note, 11.5% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch 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 Mitchellville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.2% 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 57.8% 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, 40.5% 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 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.7%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).

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 Mitchellville, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report English roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (6.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 (40.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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