Eddyville is a tiny city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 956 people and just one neighborhood, Eddyville is the 347th largest community in Iowa.
Unlike some cities, Eddyville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eddyville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eddyville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eddyville who work in sales jobs (14.20%), healthcare (11.09%), and office and administrative support (10.70%).
One of the benefits of Eddyville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.10 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.
Eddyville 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.
The rate of college-level education in Eddyville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.93% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Eddyville in 2022 was $23,505, which is low income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,020 for a family of four. However, Eddyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Eddyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eddyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eddyville include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Eddyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Of particular note, 6.4% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
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 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
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 Eddyville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.9% of U.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, 36.8% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
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 Eddyville, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (20.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (7.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.6%) and 7.8% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.