These Are The 10 Whitest Cities In Iowa For 2018

You’re at your local Whole Foods shopping for kale chips and asparagus water, trying to work out if you’ll have time to stop at the Pottery Barn before you head to your yoga class taught by a girl named Sage. It hits you: you’re leading the whitest life imaginable.

But does that mean the city you live in is one of the whitest places in Iowa?

Don’t worry, we’ve figured it out for you. Using actual census data combined with our favorite white people stereotypes (as confirmed by the internet), we can determine which cities are the whitest of the white in Hawkeye State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Iowa for 2018:

1. Vinton (Photos)
2. Manchester
3. Algona (Photos)
4. Glenwood (Photos)
5. Norwalk
6. Newton (Photos)
7. Nevada (Photos)
8. Winterset (Photos)
9. Grimes
10. Independence (Photos)

If you’re wondering, Storm Lake is the least white city of all those we measured.

Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.

How we determined the whitest places in Iowa for 2018

In order to rank the whitest places in Iowa, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.

Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, but being one of the whitest cities in Iowa means much more than just having a high percentage of folks who are of the Caucasian persuasion.

These are cities jam-packed with all the stuff white folks love, based on everyone’s favorite stereotypes. After breaking it down, we came up with following criteria to run on 82 cities:

• Percentage of population that’s white
• Whole Foods per capita
• Farmers markets per capita
• Vegan restaurants per capita
• Pottery Barns per capita
• Yoga studios per capita

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.

All of these results are listed in a per capita basis, meaning number of stores per person in a state. Additionally, we limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 5,000 people.

We ranked each place with scores from 1 to 82 in each category, where 1 was the whitest.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each place to create a whiteness index.

And finally, we crowned the city with the highest whiteness index the ‘Whitest City In Iowa.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Vinton.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in whitebread central. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from whitest to most diverse in Iowa.

1. Vinton

Population: 5,166
Percent White: 99.1%

2. Manchester

Population: 5,083
Percent White: 98.2%

3. Algona

Population: 5,496
Percent White: 97.1%

4. Glenwood

Population: 5,233
Percent White: 96.5%

5. Norwalk

Population: 9,944
Percent White: 96.0%

6. Newton

Population: 15,090
Percent White: 95.1%

7. Nevada

Population: 6,796
Percent White: 94.8%

8. Winterset

Population: 5,158
Percent White: 94.8%

9. Grimes

Population: 10,422
Percent White: 94.8%

10. Independence

Population: 6,005
Percent White: 94.7%

There You Have It – The Whitest of The White Bread In Iowa

Measuring both the locations with the highest percentage of white people, as well as the number of stereo-typically white venues, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Iowa.

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• These Are The 10 Dumbest Cities In Iowa

Detailed List Of The Whitest Cities In Iowa for 2018

City	Rank	Population	Percent White
Vinton	1	5,166	99.1%
Manchester	2	5,083	98.2%
Algona	3	5,496	97.1%
Glenwood	4	5,233	96.5%
Norwalk	5	9,944	96.0%
Newton	6	15,090	95.1%
Nevada	7	6,796	94.8%
Winterset	8	5,158	94.8%
Grimes	9	10,422	94.8%
Independence	10	6,005	94.7%
Atlantic	11	6,817	94.4%
Decorah	12	7,985	94.3%
Centerville	13	5,404	94.1%
Indianola	14	15,343	94.0%
Boone	15	12,609	93.9%
De Witt	16	5,264	93.8%
Carroll	17	9,990	93.4%
Knoxville	18	7,236	93.4%
Oelwein	19	6,195	93.2%
Creston	20	7,877	93.1%
Spencer	21	11,172	93.1%
Pella	22	10,280	93.0%
Waverly	23	10,049	92.8%
Cherokee	24	5,113	92.7%
Oskaloosa	25	11,538	92.7%
Bondurant	26	5,079	92.5%
Marion	27	37,198	92.5%
Sheldon	28	5,015	92.3%
Altoona	29	16,692	92.3%
Maquoketa	30	6,025	92.2%
Clear Lake	31	7,644	91.9%
Ankeny	32	53,413	91.9%
Eldridge	33	6,122	91.7%
Red Oak	34	5,547	91.7%
Cedar Falls	35	40,828	91.3%
Clarinda	36	5,431	91.1%
Le Mars	37	9,826	91.0%
Harlan	38	5,008	90.8%
Johnston	39	19,491	90.8%
Mason City	40	27,546	90.5%
Asbury	41	5,201	90.2%
Orange City	42	6,153	90.0%
Iowa Falls	43	5,176	89.3%
Clinton	44	26,148	89.0%
Dubuque	45	58,535	88.9%
Waukee	46	16,955	88.8%
Fort Madison	47	10,769	88.4%
Charles City	48	7,496	88.1%
Grinnell	49	9,112	87.7%
Washington	50	7,368	87.3%
Urbandale	51	41,578	87.1%
Webster City	52	7,825	87.0%
Keokuk	53	10,628	86.5%
Shenandoah	54	5,030	86.3%
Anamosa	55	5,459	86.3%
Bettendorf	56	35,048	85.5%
Fort Dodge	57	24,626	85.5%
Burlington	58	25,492	85.4%
North Liberty	59	16,984	85.0%
Council Bluffs	60	62,326	85.0%
Pleasant Hill	61	9,406	84.9%
Clive	62	17,022	84.5%
Cedar Rapids	63	129,537	84.4%
Sioux Center	64	7,370	84.1%
Estherville	65	6,027	83.6%
West Des Moines	66	61,624	82.4%
Hiawatha	67	7,160	82.0%
Ames	68	64,073	81.0%
Mount Pleasant	69	8,491	80.0%
Ottumwa	70	24,709	79.8%
Iowa City	71	72,385	75.9%
Davenport	72	102,305	75.1%
Muscatine	73	23,909	74.8%
Coralville	74	20,078	73.9%
Waterloo	75	68,357	72.7%
Fairfield	76	9,942	72.5%
Sioux City	77	82,666	70.8%
Des Moines	78	212,859	67.8%
Marshalltown	79	27,637	63.6%
Perry	80	7,876	58.5%
Denison	81	8,326	48.5%
Storm Lake	82	10,768	40.5%