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Beacon, IA

497 Population
0.8 square miles 639.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±12.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 39.1 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,070 ±$12,236 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $35,035 ±$2,317
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$56,000 ±$8,195 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $69,019 ±$5,938
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

12.5% ±6.5% (62  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 11.9% † 2,527 (±2.2% / ±465)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

28.3 minutes ±10.1 (7,565  ±3,969) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 17.8 185,025 (±1.1 / ±12,669)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

218 ±65 Number of households
  • the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 8,891 ±241
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.5 (497  ±178) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 2.4 21,327 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

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

Housing

220 ±66 Number of housing units
  • the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 9,708 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$76,200 ±$10,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $140,900 ±$12,904
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

8.5% ±5.1% (42  ±29.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 11% † 2,397 (±1.9% / ±424.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

88.6% ±34.6% (296  ±71.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 94% 13,749 (±4.1% / ±605.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
6.6% ±7.5% (22  ±25.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 23% 3,363 (±2% / ±298.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

1.6% ±1.5% (8  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 2.1% 461
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.1% ±4.4% (35  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 5.9% † 995 (±1% / ±164)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
35 Total veterans ±20 35 Male ±20 N/A Female ±10

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