Story City - Roland is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 5,529 people and just one neighborhood, Story City - Roland is the 78th largest community in Iowa.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Story City - Roland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Story City - Roland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Story City - Roland who work in office and administrative support (15.42%), management occupations (15.00%), and teaching (7.99%).
In addition, Story City - Roland is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
The population of Story City - Roland is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.77% of adults in Story City - Roland have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Story City - Roland in 2022 was $41,874, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,496 for a family of four. However, Story City - Roland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Story City - Roland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Story City - Roland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Story City - Roland include German, Norwegian, English, Irish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Story City - Roland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 1.9% have Swiss 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 Story City - Roland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 42.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.9%), and 16.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households.
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 Story City - Roland, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.1%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (23.6%), and residents who report English roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.8%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.1%) 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.