Calmar - Spillville is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,262 people and just one neighborhood, Calmar - Spillville is the 149th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Calmar - Spillville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Calmar - Spillville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.78% of Calmar - Spillville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Calmar - Spillville is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calmar - Spillville who work in management occupations (15.22%), healthcare (13.42%), and sales jobs (6.98%).
A relatively large number of people in Calmar - Spillville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.96% 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.
Calmar - Spillville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Calmar - Spillville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Calmar - Spillville 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, Calmar - Spillville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.52% of adults 25 and older in Calmar - Spillville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Calmar - Spillville in 2022 was $40,403, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,612 for a family of four. However, Calmar - Spillville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Calmar - Spillville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calmar - Spillville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Calmar - Spillville include German, Czech, Norwegian, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Calmar - Spillville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 6.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 88.6% of the neighborhoods in IA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 18.0% have Norwegian 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 Calmar - Spillville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.7% 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 69.0% 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, 37.1% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.1%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Calmar - Spillville, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.2%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.0%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 (50.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.