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Eldora, IA

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Overview


Eldora is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,610 people and just one neighborhood, Eldora is the 202nd largest community in Iowa.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Eldora isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eldora are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eldora is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eldora who work in management occupations (12.91%), office and administrative support (9.93%), and sales jobs (9.77%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Eldora is worth considering.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Eldora with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.91% of adults in Eldora have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Eldora in 2022 was $29,628, which is low income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,512 for a family of four. However, Eldora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Eldora is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eldora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eldora residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Eldora include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and French.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

Of particular note, 4.7% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 38.1% have German ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Eldora are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% 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 66.4% 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, 33.6% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.3%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households.

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 Eldora, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report English roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (4.8%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (45.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (9.8%) and 5.9% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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