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Armstrong - Ringsted, IA

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Overview


Armstrong - Ringsted is a very small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 1,674 people and just one neighborhood, Armstrong - Ringsted is the 291st largest community in Iowa. Armstrong - Ringsted has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Armstrong - Ringsted is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Armstrong - Ringsted is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Armstrong - Ringsted who work in management occupations (15.15%), office and administrative support (11.68%), and sales jobs (9.11%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Armstrong - Ringsted is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Armstrong - Ringsted with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.89% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Armstrong - Ringsted in 2022 was $34,588, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,352 for a family of four. However, Armstrong - Ringsted contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Armstrong - Ringsted home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Armstrong - Ringsted residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Armstrong - Ringsted include German, Irish, Norwegian, Danish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Armstrong - Ringsted is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.6% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 11.5% have Norwegian 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 Armstrong - Ringsted are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.7% 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, 34.4% 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 16.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Armstrong - Ringsted, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (7.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.4%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.7%) 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.


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