Armstrong - Ringsted is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,689 people and just one neighborhood, Armstrong - Ringsted is the 291st largest community in Iowa. Armstrong - Ringsted has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Armstrong - Ringsted isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Armstrong - Ringsted are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Armstrong - Ringsted is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Armstrong - Ringsted who work in office and administrative support (12.89%), sales jobs (10.89%), and management occupations (9.17%).
The overall crime rate in Armstrong - Ringsted 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Armstrong - Ringsted doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Armstrong - Ringsted are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.94% of adults in Armstrong - Ringsted have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Armstrong - Ringsted in 2022 was $37,497, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,988 for a family of four. However, Armstrong - Ringsted contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Armstrong - Ringsted home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Armstrong - Ringsted residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Armstrong - Ringsted include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Armstrong - Ringsted is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
Our research reveals that 91.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.6% of America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Armstrong - Ringsted 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 85.8% of the neighborhoods in Iowa. If you are considering retiring to Iowa, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 12.0% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Armstrong - Ringsted are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.2% 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 60.4% 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, 30.9% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.3%).
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 Armstrong - Ringsted, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.3%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.0%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.5%) 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.