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Huxley - Cambridge, IA

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Overview


Huxley - Cambridge is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 4,938 people and just one neighborhood, Huxley - Cambridge is the 104th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Huxley - Cambridge was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Huxley - Cambridge economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Huxley - Cambridge, where the median household income is $122,823.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Huxley - Cambridge is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.88% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Huxley - Cambridge is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Huxley - Cambridge who work in management occupations (15.02%), office and administrative support (14.03%), and business and financial occupations (10.12%).

Setting & Lifestyle

In addition, Huxley - Cambridge is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Huxley - Cambridge 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, Huxley - Cambridge really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Huxley - Cambridge 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.

As is often the case in a small town, Huxley - Cambridge doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

If knowledge is power, Huxley - Cambridge is a pretty powerful place. 50.07% of the adults in Huxley - Cambridge have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Huxley - Cambridge in 2022 was $45,213, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $180,852 for a family of four. However, Huxley - Cambridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.6% of all American neighborhoods.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 68.8% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, a majority of the adults in the neighborhood are wealthy and educated executives. They own stately homes that tend to maintain high real estate appreciation rates. Their upper-level careers keep them busy, but allow them to live comfortably. If you're an executive and want to keep similar company, consider settling in this neighborhood, rated as an executive lifestyle "best choice" neighborhood for Iowa by NeighborhoodScout's analysis, which rated it as better for executive lifestyles than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in Iowa. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children and urban sophisticates.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 40.4% have German 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 Huxley - Cambridge are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 85.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.8% 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 75.7% of America'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, 54.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.4%), and 9.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households.

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 Huxley - Cambridge, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 (51.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (88.5%) 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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