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Searsboro, IA

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Overview


Searsboro is a tiny city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 127 people and just one neighborhood, Searsboro is the 444th largest community in Iowa.

Searsboro real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Searsboro house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Searsboro, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 49.25% of Searsboro’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Searsboro is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Searsboro who work in management occupations (10.45%), office and administrative support (8.96%), and personal care services (7.46%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Searsboro has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Searsboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Searsboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Searsboro may be for you.

Searsboro is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

Searsboro ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.81% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Searsboro in 2022 was $22,698, which is low income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,792 for a family of four. However, Searsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Searsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Russian.

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.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 12 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.5% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Iowa, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Iowa.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.6% have Eastern European 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 Searsboro are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.1% 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 67.6% of America'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, 38.9% 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 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.5%), and 12.1% 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 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Searsboro, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.2%). There are also a number of people of Dutch ancestry (19.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.0%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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