Pocahontas - Rolfe is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,048 people and just one neighborhood, Pocahontas - Rolfe is the 164th largest community in Iowa. Pocahontas - Rolfe has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Pocahontas - Rolfe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pocahontas - Rolfe is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pocahontas - Rolfe who work in sales jobs (9.29%), office and administrative support (7.48%), and healthcare (7.13%).
Pocahontas - Rolfe’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One of the benefits of Pocahontas - Rolfe is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.32 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.
Pocahontas - Rolfe is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Pocahontas - Rolfe is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.30% of adults 25 and older in Pocahontas - Rolfe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pocahontas - Rolfe in 2022 was $32,683, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,732 for a family of four. However, Pocahontas - Rolfe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pocahontas - Rolfe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pocahontas - Rolfe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pocahontas - Rolfe include German, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Pocahontas - Rolfe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
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.
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 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 6.9% have Norwegian ancestry.
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 Pocahontas - Rolfe are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.4% 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 70.1% 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, 31.6% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.1%).
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 Pocahontas - Rolfe, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Swedish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (6.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.4%) 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 (12.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.