Zearing - McCallsburg is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,891 people and just one neighborhood, Zearing - McCallsburg is the 280th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Zearing - McCallsburg was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Zearing - McCallsburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Zearing - McCallsburg is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Zearing - McCallsburg who work in management occupations (17.59%), sales jobs (8.18%), and office and administrative support (7.87%).
A relatively large number of people in Zearing - McCallsburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.55% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Zearing - McCallsburg is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Zearing - McCallsburg 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, Zearing - McCallsburg has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Zearing - McCallsburg’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In terms of college education, Zearing - McCallsburg is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.23% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Zearing - McCallsburg in 2022 was $38,530, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,120 for a family of four. However, Zearing - McCallsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Zearing - McCallsburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Zearing - McCallsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Zearing - McCallsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Zearing - McCallsburg include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Zearing - McCallsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Zearing - McCallsburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 98.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 13 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 12.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 36.4% have German 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 Zearing - McCallsburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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, 39.7% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Zearing - McCallsburg, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (12.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.
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 (31.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (12.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.