Albert City - Marathon is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,390 people and just one neighborhood, Albert City - Marathon is the 317th largest community in Iowa. Albert City - Marathon has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Albert City - Marathon is a blue-collar town, with 40.92% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Albert City - Marathon is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Albert City - Marathon who work in management occupations (11.85%), sales jobs (9.38%), and healthcare (7.69%).
Being a small town, Albert City - Marathon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Albert City - Marathon is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.28% of adults 25 and older in Albert City - Marathon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Albert City - Marathon in 2022 was $40,344, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,376 for a family of four. However, Albert City - Marathon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Albert City - Marathon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Albert City - Marathon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albert City - Marathon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Albert City - Marathon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.30% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Albert City - Marathon include German, Irish, Swedish, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Albert City - Marathon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 Albert City - Marathon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 11 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 5.8% have Dutch ancestry.
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 Albert City - Marathon are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.3%).
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 Albert City - Marathon, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report Swedish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.1%) 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 (10.4%) and 5.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.