Overview

Check out Winterset, IA Homes for Sale below! Winterset is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 5,353 people and just one neighborhood, Winterset is the 86th largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Winterset is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Winterset is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winterset who work in sales jobs (12.86%), teaching (11.46%), and management occupations (9.03%).

Also of interest is that Winterset 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: 11.50% 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.