Titonka - Wesley is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,333 people and just one neighborhood, Titonka - Wesley is the 229th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Titonka - Wesley was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Titonka - Wesley, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.36% of Titonka - Wesley’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Titonka - Wesley is a town of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Titonka - Wesley who work in management occupations (14.44%), office and administrative support (9.13%), and teaching (6.64%).
Because of many things, Titonka - Wesley is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Titonka - Wesley 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, Titonka - Wesley has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Titonka - Wesley’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Titonka - Wesley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Titonka - Wesley is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.01% of adults 25 and older in Titonka - Wesley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Titonka - Wesley in 2022 was $37,936, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,744 for a family of four. However, Titonka - Wesley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Titonka - Wesley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Titonka - Wesley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Titonka - Wesley include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Titonka - Wesley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
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 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.3% of America.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Iowa. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
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, 39.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.8% have Danish ancestry.
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 Titonka - Wesley are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.9% 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 64.3% 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, 43.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).
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 Titonka - Wesley, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report English roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.0%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.5%) 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 (8.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.