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Johnson County, IA

157,528 Population
613 square miles 257 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,886 ±$3,241 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$71,563 ±$6,627 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.3% ±2.2% (24,174  ±3,187) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.8 minutes ±1.1 (1,509,840  ±101,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 20 29,172,684 (±0.2 / ±446,587)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

64,076 ±1,437 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (148,496  ±525) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.7% ±1.7% (1,673  ±776) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

69,460 ±224 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$310,700 ±$17,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

25.1% ±3.2% (39,017  ±4,993.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.8% ±4.7% (91,899  ±4,617.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
54.6% ±3.3% (51,855  ±3,155.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.1% (15,950  ±2,422) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.9% ±0.8% (4,957  ±1,072) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,957 Total veterans ±1,072 4,470 Male ±978 487 Female ±259

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