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North Buena Vista, IA

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Overview


North Buena Vista is a tiny city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 108 people and just one neighborhood, North Buena Vista is the 447th largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, North Buena Vista is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 60.00% of the North Buena Vista workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, North Buena Vista is a city of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in North Buena Vista who work in healthcare (12.50%), office and administrative support (10.00%), and personal care services (5.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that North Buena Vista is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the city’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

Overall, North Buena Vista’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, North Buena Vista is worth considering.

In North Buena Vista, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.47 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, North Buena Vista does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of people in North Buena Vista with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.34% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in North Buena Vista in 2022 was $27,424, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,696 for a family of four. However, North Buena Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call North Buena Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Buena Vista residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in North Buena Vista include German, English, Scottish, Austrian, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in North Buena Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in North Buena Vista, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

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 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 3.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 8.3% 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 German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 37.2% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 North Buena Vista are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 41.4% 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.4%), and 10.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (7.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 North Buena Vista, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (1.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (68.5%) 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 (18.5%) . 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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