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Alden - Radcliffe, IA

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Overview


Alden - Radcliffe is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,722 people and just one neighborhood, Alden - Radcliffe is the 189th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Alden - Radcliffe was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Alden - Radcliffe, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.71% of Alden - Radcliffe’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alden - Radcliffe is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Alden - Radcliffe who work in office and administrative support (13.20%), management occupations (12.41%), and farm management occupations (10.65%).

In addition, many people in Alden - Radcliffe have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

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

A relatively large number of people in Alden - Radcliffe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.18% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

As is often the case in a small town, Alden - Radcliffe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Alden - Radcliffe who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.03% of the adults in Alden - Radcliffe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Alden - Radcliffe in 2022 was $35,836, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,344 for a family of four. However, Alden - Radcliffe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Alden - Radcliffe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Scandinavian languages.

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 Alden - Radcliffe, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 10.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 14 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.1% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 48.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 12.1% have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Alden - Radcliffe are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.2% 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, 31.8% 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 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.7%), and 11.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Alden - Radcliffe, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (48.3%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.5%) 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.


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