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Jesup, IA

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Overview


Jesup is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,541 people and just one neighborhood, Jesup is the 219th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Jesup is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.79% of the Jesup workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Jesup is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jesup who work in sales jobs (11.39%), office and administrative support (9.26%), and teaching (8.70%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Jesup 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, Jesup really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Jesup 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.

Jesup is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Jesup who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.14% of adults in Jesup have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Jesup in 2022 was $39,183, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,732 for a family of four. However, Jesup contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Jesup home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jesup residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jesup include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Jesup is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Iowa. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 42.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% 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 95.1% 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 Jesup are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.3% 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 77.2% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.0% 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 34.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.

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 Jesup, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (42.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.2%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.3%) 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 (10.0%) . 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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