Evansdale is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 4,498 people and just one neighborhood, Evansdale is the 106th largest community in Iowa.
When you are in Evansdale, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.67% of Evansdale’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Evansdale is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Evansdale who work in office and administrative support (14.57%), sales jobs (9.63%), and food service (7.31%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Evansdale spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.95 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Evansdale doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Evansdale is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.80% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Evansdale in 2022 was $30,484, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,936 for a family of four. However, Evansdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Evansdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Evansdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Evansdale include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Evansdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.3% 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.
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 Evansdale are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.8% of U.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, 42.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 12.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households.
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 Evansdale, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.5%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (4.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.0%) 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 (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.