Residents in this area benefit from an affordable cost of living. This includes goods and services, transportation, housing, utilities, groceries and healthcare.
This area scores extremely well in the employment category. This is primarily due to the combination of low unemployment rates, higher median home income and income per capita.
It appears that many amenities may not be conveniently situated within walking distance, potentially necessitating the use of a vehicle or public transit.
Commuters in this area may experience longer-than-average work commute times due to limited public transportation access.
Expensive homes, poor home affordability and an unhealthy real estate market with lower than average home prices could all be reasons why this area received a low housing score.
Factors such as lower than average graduation rates, lackluster reading and math scores and the limited accessibility of local elementary and high schools could contribute to the low schools score.
Statistic | Lockridge | Iowa | National |
Average one way commute | 35min | 19min | 26min |
Workers who drive to work | 85.0% | 80.7% | 76.4% |
Workers who carpool | 2.2% | 8.6% | 9.3% |
Workers who take public transit | 0.0% | 1.1% | 5.1% |
Workers who bicycle | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
Workers who walk | 0.5% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
Working from home | 11.8% | 4.5% | 4.6% |