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Iowa Colony, TX

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Overview


Iowa Colony is a medium-sized village located in the state of Texas. With a population of 14,823 people and just one neighborhood, Iowa Colony is the 285th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Iowa Colony was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Iowa Colony economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Iowa Colony, where the median household income is $110,000.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Iowa Colony isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Iowa Colony are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Iowa Colony is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Iowa Colony who work in healthcare (14.47%), sales jobs (13.92%), and management occupations (13.05%).

Also of interest is that Iowa Colony has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Iowa Colony telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Iowa Colony is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Iowa Colony 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 village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Iowa Colony has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Iowa Colony’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Iowa Colony is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Iowa Colony, the average commute to work is 36.22 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small village, Iowa Colony doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Iowa Colony is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.05% of adults in Iowa Colony have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Iowa Colony in 2022 was $44,521, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $178,084 for a family of four.

Iowa Colony is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Iowa Colony home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iowa Colony residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Iowa Colony also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.32% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Iowa Colony include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Iowa Colony is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.

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

People

Of particular note, 17.1% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Real Estate

Homes built from 2000 through today make up a higher proportion of the neighborhood's real estate landscape than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America. When you are driving around this neighborhood, you'll notice right away that it is one of the newest built of any, with the smell of fresh paint, and the look of young landscaping nearly everywhere you look. In fact, 78.4% of the residential real estate here is classified as newer.

Diversity

Significantly, 0.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Iowa Colony are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.1% 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 80.4% 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, 48.5% 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 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 68.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (26.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Colony, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (29.7%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report German roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (5.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.9%), among others. In addition, 12.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (73.0%) 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 (13.2%) . 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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