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Rockwell City - Pomeroy, IA

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Overview


Rockwell City - Pomeroy is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,926 people and just one neighborhood, Rockwell City - Pomeroy is the 167th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Rockwell City - Pomeroy isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rockwell City - Pomeroy are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rockwell City - Pomeroy is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockwell City - Pomeroy who work in management occupations (10.42%), teaching (8.44%), and healthcare suport services (8.10%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Rockwell City - Pomeroy is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Rockwell City - Pomeroy is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.46% of adults 25 and older in Rockwell City - Pomeroy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rockwell City - Pomeroy in 2022 was $28,172, 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 $112,688 for a family of four. However, Rockwell City - Pomeroy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rockwell City - Pomeroy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockwell City - Pomeroy residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rockwell City - Pomeroy include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Rockwell City - Pomeroy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 95.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Rockwell City - Pomeroy is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.1% of the neighborhoods in Iowa. If you are considering retiring to Iowa, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rockwell City - Pomeroy are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.5% of U.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, 34.1% 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 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.

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 Rockwell City - Pomeroy, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.3%), and residents who report English roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (4.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (78.9%) 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 (14.2%) . 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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