McGregor - Marquette is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,844 people and just one neighborhood, McGregor - Marquette is the 179th largest community in Iowa. McGregor - Marquette has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, McGregor - Marquette is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.41% of the McGregor - Marquette workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, McGregor - Marquette is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in McGregor - Marquette who work in management occupations (16.49%), office and administrative support (12.82%), and sales jobs (5.77%).
McGregor - Marquette 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.
The education level of McGregor - Marquette citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.72% of adults 25 and older in McGregor - Marquette have a college degree.
The per capita income in McGregor - Marquette in 2022 was $37,029, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,116 for a family of four. However, McGregor - Marquette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call McGregor - Marquette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McGregor - Marquette residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in McGregor - Marquette include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Swiss.
The most common language spoken in McGregor - Marquette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
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 21 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.5% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 44.8% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 2.4% have Swiss 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 McGregor - Marquette are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.1% of U.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, 36.4% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 16.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households.
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 McGregor - Marquette, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.4%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.0%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.