Iowa Park is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Iowa Park’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Iowa Park spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.30 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Iowa Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Iowa Park who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.95% of the adults in Iowa Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Iowa Park in 2022 was $34,128, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,512 for a family of four. However, Iowa Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Iowa Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Iowa Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iowa Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Iowa Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.95% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Iowa Park include German, English, Irish, French, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Iowa Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
