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Carson - Macedonia, IA

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Overview


Carson - Macedonia is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,042 people and just one neighborhood, Carson - Macedonia is the 265th largest community in Iowa. Carson - Macedonia has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Carson - Macedonia is a blue-collar town, with 36.72% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Carson - Macedonia is a town of professionals, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Carson - Macedonia who work in management occupations (17.67%), healthcare (9.10%), and office and administrative support (7.09%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Carson - Macedonia is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Carson - Macedonia 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 town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Carson - Macedonia has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Carson - Macedonia’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small town, Carson - Macedonia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Carson - Macedonia are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.69% of adults in Carson - Macedonia having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carson - Macedonia in 2022 was $37,555, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,220 for a family of four. However, Carson - Macedonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Carson - Macedonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

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 11 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.8% of America.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

People

For many reasons, is rated by NeighborhoodScout as one of the top 4.4% of ideal neighborhoods for first-time home buyers in the state of Iowa. Homes here are priced below median housing values in the state, yet the neighborhood has a track record according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive neighborhood home appreciation rates of above average real estate appreciation over the last five years compared to other IA neighborhoods, protecting your investment in your first home, while simultaneously making it less risky for your lender. Not only does this neighborhood stand out for combining price and home value stability or increases, it also is a neighborhood with a high quality resident population according exclusive data, meaning this is likely a good place to buy, live, and enjoy. While many first time home buyers focus purely on low cost and convenient location, which can risk your investment in your first home and put you in a less than desirable neighborhood, this neighborhood is a true standout for a lot of reasons, and definitely worth a look if you are a first time home buyer.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 37.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.1% have Danish 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 Carson - Macedonia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.0% 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 78.7% 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, 41.8% 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 32.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (12.2%), and 9.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).

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 Carson - Macedonia, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.1%) 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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