Overview
Clarence - Lowden is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,792 people and just one neighborhood, Clarence - Lowden is the 176th largest community in Iowa. Clarence - Lowden 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
Unlike some towns, Clarence - Lowden isn鈥檛 mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Clarence - Lowden are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clarence - Lowden is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarence - Lowden who work in management occupations (13.23%), office and administrative support (10.54%), and sales jobs (7.92%).
Setting & Lifestyle
As is often the case in a small town, Clarence - Lowden doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Demographics
In terms of college education, Clarence - Lowden is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.37% of adults 25 and older in Clarence - Lowden have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Clarence - Lowden in 2022 was $35,459, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,836 for a family of four. However, Clarence - Lowden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clarence - Lowden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarence - Lowden residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Clarence - Lowden include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Clarence - Lowden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 Clarence - Lowden, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Car Ownership
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. 蘑菇视频's Analysis reveals that 35.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Modes of Transportation
Our research reveals that 88.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 蘑菇视频's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 1.0% have Belgian 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 Clarence - Lowden are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.0% of U.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, 30.1% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.2%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.5%).
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 Clarence - Lowden, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (50.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report English roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
Getting to Work
How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� 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 (31.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.4%) 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.
