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Chariton, IA

4,242 Population
3.8 square miles 1,125.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lucas County: 41.9 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,196 ±$3,360 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lucas County: $32,274 ±$2,179
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,979 ±$11,523 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lucas County: $61,793 ±$2,738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±5.8% (714  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lucas County: 15% † 1,291 (±3.5% / ±304)
  • 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)

15.7 minutes ±3.9 (26,065  ±7,019) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lucas County: 22.8 † 84,545 (±2.8 / ±11,405)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,821 ±103 Number of households
  • Lucas County: 3,708 ±103
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (4,149  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lucas County: 2.3 8,622 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±6.9% (73  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lucas County: 7.2% † 116 (±3.7% / ±59)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,924 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Lucas County: 4,074 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,900 ±$9,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lucas County: $120,200 † ±$19,495
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.7% ±7.5% (991  ±311.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lucas County: 15% † 1,293 (±3.9% / ±336)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±8.7% (2,560  ±258.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lucas County: 91.8% 5,595 (±5.7% / ±349.6)
  • about the same as 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)
13.4% ±3.8% (377  ±107.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lucas County: 15.8% † 963 (±2.4% / ±143.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

6.2% ±2.1% (264  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lucas County: 4.1% 354
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.4% (200  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lucas County: 6.7% † 448 (±1.4% / ±92)
  • about the same as 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)
200 Total veterans ±74 192 Male ±73 8 Female ±13

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