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Atlantic, IA

6,763 Population
8.3 square miles 815.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cass County: 43.5 ±0.6
  • 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

$38,341 ±$4,205 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cass County: $37,667 ±$2,591
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,141 ±$4,798 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cass County: $63,013 ±$3,821
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±4.3% (1,144  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cass County: 14.3% † 1,833 (±2.9% / ±366)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.8 minutes ±1.5 (34,305  ±5,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cass County: 15.1 88,865 (±1.1 / ±8,303)
  • about half the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,261 ±100 Number of households
  • Cass County: 5,844 ±131
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (6,602  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cass County: 2.2 12,869 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±3.8% (64  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cass County: 4.4% † 113 (±2.3% / ±60)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,577 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 6,393 ±24
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,900 ±$14,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cass County: $150,300 ±$10,147
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±3% (801  ±204.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cass County: 8.7% † 1,128 (±1.7% / ±224.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±7.9% (4,670  ±415) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 94.5% 8,718 (±4.9% / ±459.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23% ±3.9% (1,138  ±198.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cass County: 22.1% † 2,041 (±2.5% / ±227)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.7% ±0.6% (44  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cass County: 0.9% 120
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.3% (321  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cass County: 6.4% † 640 (±1.4% / ±139)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
321 Total veterans ±124 297 Male ±120 24 Female ±26

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