Because there are quite a few people attending college in Pella, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Pella provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pella spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.80 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Pella does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pella ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Pella, 47.82% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Pella in 2022 was $42,262, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,048 for a family of four. However, Pella contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pella home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pella residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pella include Dutch, German, Irish, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Pella is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
