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New Virginia - Martensdale, IA

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Overview


New Virginia - Martensdale is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,858 people and just one neighborhood, New Virginia - Martensdale is the 130th largest community in Iowa.

New Virginia - Martensdale real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although New Virginia - Martensdale house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, New Virginia - Martensdale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Virginia - Martensdale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Virginia - Martensdale is a town of managers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Virginia - Martensdale who work in management occupations (15.76%), office and administrative support (11.58%), and business and financial occupations (8.08%).

Also of interest is that New Virginia - Martensdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

In addition, New Virginia - Martensdale is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, New Virginia - Martensdale is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making New Virginia - Martensdale 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, New Virginia - Martensdale has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, New Virginia - Martensdale’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in New Virginia - Martensdale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.00 minutes every day commuting to work.

New Virginia - Martensdale 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.

Demographics

The percentage of people in New Virginia - Martensdale who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.43% of adults in New Virginia - Martensdale have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in New Virginia - Martensdale in 2022 was $41,677, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,708 for a family of four. However, New Virginia - Martensdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call New Virginia - Martensdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Virginia - Martensdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in New Virginia - Martensdale include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in New Virginia - Martensdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

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

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.4% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Iowa. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 New Virginia - Martensdale are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% 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 66.3% 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, 41.0% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.6%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 New Virginia - Martensdale, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.2%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (7.4%) . 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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