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Wheatland - Grand Mound, IA

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Overview


Wheatland - Grand Mound is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,824 people and just one neighborhood, Wheatland - Grand Mound is the 127th largest community in Iowa. Wheatland - Grand Mound has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Wheatland - Grand Mound isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wheatland - Grand Mound are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wheatland - Grand Mound is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheatland - Grand Mound who work in management occupations (17.96%), sales jobs (10.90%), and office and administrative support (10.80%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

In terms of college education, Wheatland - Grand Mound is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.09% of adults 25 and older in Wheatland - Grand Mound have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wheatland - Grand Mound in 2022 was $35,443, which is middle income relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,772 for a family of four. However, Wheatland - Grand Mound contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Wheatland - Grand Mound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Polish.

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

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 40.5% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 0.9% have Belgian 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 Wheatland - Grand Mound are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.2% 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 52.8% 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, 35.3% 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 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 (20.6%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Some people also speak Chinese (2.7%).

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 Wheatland - Grand Mound, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report English roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.2%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 (30.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.6%) 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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