It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Charles City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Charles City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Charles City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Charles City may be for you.
One of the benefits of Charles City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.02 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Charles City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Charles City, just 12.80% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Charles City in 2022 was $30,770, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,080 for a family of four. However, Charles City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Charles City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Charles City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Charles City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Charles City include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Charles City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
