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Montezuma, IA

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Overview


Montezuma is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,434 people and just one neighborhood, Montezuma is the 318th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Montezuma, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.16% of Montezuma’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Montezuma is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montezuma who work in office and administrative support (8.62%), sales jobs (7.52%), and management occupations (7.52%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Montezuma has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small city, Montezuma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Montezuma who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.63% of the adults in Montezuma have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Montezuma in 2022 was $33,701, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,804 for a family of four. However, Montezuma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 1.0% have Czechoslovakian 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 Montezuma are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.9% 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 56.1% of America'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, 39.1% 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.0%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).

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 Montezuma, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.5%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (6.2%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (83.7%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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