Eldridge is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 6,756 people and just one neighborhood, Eldridge is the 62nd largest community in Iowa. Eldridge has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Eldridge, where the median household income is $89,946.00.
Eldridge real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Eldridge house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Eldridge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eldridge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eldridge is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eldridge who work in management occupations (14.29%), business and financial occupations (8.60%), and office and administrative support (8.27%).
Also of interest is that Eldridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.16% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Eldridge is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Eldridge a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Eldridge has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Eldridge’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Eldridge 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.
Eldridge is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 43.31% of adults in Eldridge have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Eldridge in 2022 was $45,273, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $181,092 for a family of four. However, Eldridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Eldridge is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eldridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eldridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Eldridge include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and European.
The most common language spoken in Eldridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
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, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 39.7% 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 Eldridge are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 45.0% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.9%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% 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 Eldridge, IA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (39.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.4%), and residents who report English roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.6%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (50.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.1%) 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.