North English - Victor is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 3,390 people and just one neighborhood, North English - Victor is the 146th largest community in Iowa. North English - Victor has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
North English - Victor is a blue-collar town, with 35.99% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, North English - Victor is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in North English - Victor who work in management occupations (11.91%), sales jobs (9.57%), and maintenance occupations (7.67%).
Being a small town, North English - Victor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in North English - Victor with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.90% of adults in North English - Victor have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in North English - Victor in 2022 was $31,315, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,260 for a family of four. However, North English - Victor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call North English - Victor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North English - Victor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in North English - Victor include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in North English - Victor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 North English - Victor, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 21 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 37.5% have German ancestry.
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 North English - Victor are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.7% of U.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, 34.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.4%).
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 North English - Victor, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (37.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report English roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
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 (33.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.0%) 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 (12.8%) and 6.4% 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.