Overview

Check out St Charles, IA Homes for Sale below! St. Charles is a tiny city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 640 people and just one neighborhood, St. Charles is the 384th largest community in Iowa.

St. Charles real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although St. Charles house values don’t compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Charles is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Charles is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Charles who work in office and administrative support (13.84%), sales jobs (9.85%), and business and financial occupations (8.18%).

A relatively large number of people in St. Charles telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.17% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.