Pella is a medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 10,965 people and four associated neighborhoods, Pella is the 38th largest community in Iowa.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.60% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Pella is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Pella enrolled in college, Pella has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pella spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.19 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Pella 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.

The citizens of Pella are among the most well-educated in the nation: 47.35% of adults in Pella have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pella in 2022 was $43,157, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,628 for a family of four. However, Pella contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Pella is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.