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Odebolt - Wall Lake is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,589 people and just one neighborhood, Odebolt - Wall Lake is the 206th largest community in Iowa. Odebolt - Wall Lake has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Occupations and Workforce
Odebolt - Wall Lake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Odebolt - Wall Lake is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Odebolt - Wall Lake who work in management occupations (18.73%), office and administrative support (17.05%), and sales jobs (8.52%).
Setting & Lifestyle
Because of many things, Odebolt - Wall Lake is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Odebolt - Wall Lake really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Odebolt - Wall Lake perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Odebolt - Wall Lake spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.58 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Odebolt - Wall Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Demographics
The education level of Odebolt - Wall Lake citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.25% of adults 25 and older in Odebolt - Wall Lake have a college degree.
The per capita income in Odebolt - Wall Lake in 2022 was $37,861, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,444 for a family of four. However, Odebolt - Wall Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Odebolt - Wall Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Odebolt - Wall Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Odebolt - Wall Lake include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Odebolt - Wall Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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 Odebolt - Wall Lake, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real Estate
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 45.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 4.2% have Swedish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Odebolt - Wall Lake are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.8% 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 65.3% 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, 32.7% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 19.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (8.1%).
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 Odebolt - Wall Lake, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (45.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (4.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.0%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
