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Iowa City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 74,398 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Iowa City is the sixth largest community in Iowa.
Iowa City real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Iowa City house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Iowa City is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.19% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Iowa City is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Iowa City who work in teaching (13.07%), office and administrative support (12.28%), and food service (10.20%).
Also of interest is that Iowa City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In addition, Iowa City is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Iowa City culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Iowa City really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Iowa City every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Iowa City. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Iowa City benefits directly from this.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Iowa City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.37 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
For the size of the city, public transportation in Iowa City is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Iowa City, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Iowa City, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Iowa City is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.80% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Iowa City in 2010 was $27,336, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,344 for a family of four.
Iowa City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Iowa City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iowa City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Iowa City include Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Iowa City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
Whether you are looking for recreation, fine dining, cultural events, arts and entertainment or quality schools, health care and healthy living, the communities of Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty offer an abundance of choices for living the lifestyle you desire and in the home you deserve.
The lifestyle you want to live is connected to the community you want to live in, and the home you want to buy.
That's why I'm committed to helping you make the right choice in finding your place. ~ Liz