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Storm Lake city, Buena Vista County, IA

11,275 Population
5.4 square miles 2,077.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buena Vista County: 35.7 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,947 ±$2,732 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buena Vista County: $33,083 ±$1,644
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$58,341 ±$4,860 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buena Vista County: $66,564 ±$4,878
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.7% ±3.2% (812  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Buena Vista County: 8.2% † 1,624 (±2.1% / ±406)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

11 minutes ±2 (56,965  ±11,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Buena Vista County: 14.7 139,460 (±1.3 / ±13,012)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

4,009 ±216 Number of households
  • Buena Vista County: 7,543 ±198
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.1 (10,474  ±66) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buena Vista County: 2.6 19,714 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

10.1% ±4.1% (308  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Buena Vista County: 9.7% † 462 (±2.8% / ±133)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

4,291 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Buena Vista County: 8,241 ±81
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$163,600 ±$18,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buena Vista County: $146,900 ±$7,995
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

8.2% ±2.5% (906  ±269.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buena Vista County: 9.6% † 1,948 (±1.8% / ±369.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

70.7% ±6.8% (4,708  ±480.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buena Vista County: 80.6% 10,529 (±4.2% / ±564.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
18.9% ±3.7% (1,257  ±252.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buena Vista County: 22.1% 2,885 (±2.2% / ±287.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

31.6% ±2.9% (3,557  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Buena Vista County: 21.6% 4,463
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

2.5% ±1.1% (205  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buena Vista County: 4.3% † 644 (±0.7% / ±100)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
205 Total veterans ±86 205 Male ±86 N/A Female ±16

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