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Real Estate Prices & Overview

City Center / Onawa Junction median real estate price is $171,474, which is more expensive than 35.6% of the neighborhoods in Iowa and 17.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in City Center / Onawa Junction is currently $1,127, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 66.1% of Iowa neighborhoods.

City Center / Onawa Junction is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Cherokee, Iowa.

City Center / Onawa Junction real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Real estate vacancies in City Center / Onawa Junction are 5.5%, which is lower than one will find in 62.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in City Center / Onawa Junction is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.

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.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 80.7% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

People

If you are planning to retire in Iowa, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, City Center / Onawa Junction may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Iowa, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.0% of neighborhoods in IA. If a Iowa retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

In addition, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood has more German and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 57.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 4.7% have Welsh 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 City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood in Cherokee are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.5% 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.

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 City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood, 35.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.0%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood in Cherokee, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (57.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report Welsh roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 City Center / Onawa Junction neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (80.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (76.1%) 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 (10.9%) . 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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