New Virginia - Martensdale is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,858 people and just one neighborhood, New Virginia - Martensdale is the 130th largest community in Iowa.
New Virginia - Martensdale real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although New Virginia - Martensdale house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, New Virginia - Martensdale is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Virginia - Martensdale is a town of managers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Virginia - Martensdale who work in management occupations (15.76%), office and administrative support (11.58%), and business and financial occupations (8.08%).
Also of interest is that New Virginia - Martensdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
In addition, New Virginia - Martensdale is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.
Because of many things, New Virginia - Martensdale is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making New Virginia - Martensdale a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, New Virginia - Martensdale has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, New Virginia - Martensdale’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in New Virginia - Martensdale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In New Virginia - Martensdale, the average commute to work is 32.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, New Virginia - Martensdale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in New Virginia - Martensdale who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.43% of adults in New Virginia - Martensdale have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Virginia - Martensdale in 2022 was $41,677, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,708 for a family of four. However, New Virginia - Martensdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Virginia - Martensdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Virginia - Martensdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in New Virginia - Martensdale include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in New Virginia - Martensdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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 91.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.4% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Iowa. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish 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 New Virginia - Martensdale are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% 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 66.3% 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, 41.0% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.6%), and 12.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
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 New Virginia - Martensdale, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.2%), along with some Danish ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.