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Kanawha - Corwith, IA

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Overview


Kanawha - Corwith is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,946 people and just one neighborhood, Kanawha - Corwith is the 272nd largest community in Iowa. Kanawha - Corwith has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Occupations and Workforce

Kanawha - Corwith is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kanawha - Corwith is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kanawha - Corwith who work in management occupations (12.61%), teaching (8.73%), and office and administrative support (7.37%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Kanawha - Corwith is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Kanawha - Corwith’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

As is often the case in a small town, Kanawha - Corwith doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Kanawha - Corwith who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.16% of adults in Kanawha - Corwith have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Kanawha - Corwith in 2022 was $34,858, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,432 for a family of four. However, Kanawha - Corwith contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Kanawha - Corwith is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.2% of America.

People

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 9.5% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 14.2% have Norwegian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Kanawha - Corwith are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.2% 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 64.0% 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, 37.3% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.4%).

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 neighborhood in Kanawha - Corwith, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.9%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Dutch roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (38.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (8.5%) . 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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