Albert City - Marathon is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,406 people and just one neighborhood, Albert City - Marathon is the 317th largest community in Iowa. Much of the housing stock in Albert City - Marathon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Albert City - Marathon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.01% of the Albert City - Marathon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Albert City - Marathon is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albert City - Marathon who work in management occupations (10.07%), office and administrative support (8.35%), and sales jobs (7.05%).
Overall, Albert City - Marathon’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Albert City - Marathon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Albert City - Marathon citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.44% of adults 25 and older in Albert City - Marathon have a college degree.
The per capita income in Albert City - Marathon in 2022 was $38,387, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,548 for a family of four. However, Albert City - Marathon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Albert City - Marathon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albert City - Marathon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albert City - Marathon include German, Swedish, Irish, English, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Albert City - Marathon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 11 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Albert City - Marathon is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in IA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.7% of the neighborhoods in Iowa. If you are considering retiring to Iowa, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 2.9% have Danish 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 Albert City - Marathon are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.0% 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, 35.7% 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 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.8%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.6%).
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 Albert City - Marathon, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.4%). There are also a number of people of Swedish ancestry (15.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 (34.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.6%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.