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Paullina - Sutherland, IA

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Overview


Paullina - Sutherland is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,396 people and just one neighborhood, Paullina - Sutherland is the 228th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Paullina - Sutherland was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Paullina - Sutherland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Paullina - Sutherland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Paullina - Sutherland who work in management occupations (13.61%), sales jobs (10.63%), and teaching (8.50%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Paullina - Sutherland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Paullina - Sutherland who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.90% of the adults in Paullina - Sutherland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Paullina - Sutherland in 2022 was $40,445, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,780 for a family of four. However, Paullina - Sutherland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Paullina - Sutherland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.

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 Paullina - Sutherland, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

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 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 55.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 11.1% have Dutch ancestry.

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 Paullina - Sutherland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.6% 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 59.7% 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, 36.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.3%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Paullina - Sutherland, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (55.3%). There are also a number of people of Dutch ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report English roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.3%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.7%) 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 (5.7%) . 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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