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Ashton, IA

461 Population
1.1 square miles 411.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±14.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Osceola County: 43.1 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,021 ±$4,776 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Osceola County: $37,595 ±$2,764
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,375 ±$8,956 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Osceola County: $69,239 † ±$6,938
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±4.7% (33  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Osceola County: 16% † 956 (±3.3% / ±196)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±2.1 (4,285  ±1,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Osceola County: 18.2 51,125 (±1.8 / ±5,720)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

212 ±47 Number of households
  • Osceola County: 2,634 ±97
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (461  ±109) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Osceola County: 2.3 5,972 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

224 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Osceola County: 2,868 ±26
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,800 ±$12,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Osceola County: $122,600 ±$10,027
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±8.3% (42  ±39.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Osceola County: 6.9% † 414 (±1.9% / ±116.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±24.6% (291  ±51.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Osceola County: 87.4% 3,752 (±5.7% / ±252)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.4% ±7.3% (41  ±25.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Osceola County: 16.7% † 719 (±3% / ±130.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.9% ±0.8% (4  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Osceola County: 5.8% 352
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.6% (21  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Osceola County: 7.2% † 341 (±1.5% / ±72)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
21 Total veterans ±10 21 Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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