Pella is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Pella enrolled in college, Pella has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
One of the benefits of Pella is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.27 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.
The education level of Pella ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Pella, 47.88% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Pella in 2018 was $42,214, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,856 for a family of four.
The people who call Pella home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pella residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pella include Dutch, German, Irish, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Pella is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
