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Charles City, IA

7,232 Population
6.1 square miles 1,181 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Floyd County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • 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

$30,770 ±$2,932 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Floyd County: $36,197 ±$2,131
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,180 ±$9,968 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Floyd County: $68,557 ±$5,257
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±4.6% (943  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Floyd County: 11.6% † 1,752 (±2.7% / ±403)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.2 minutes ±2.2 (47,415  ±8,102) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Floyd County: 18.9 124,895 (±1.5 / ±11,522)
  • about three-quarters 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

3,223 ±160 Number of households
  • Floyd County: 6,503 ±222
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,021  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Floyd County: 2.3 15,059 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • 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

5% ±4% (73  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Floyd County: 4.3% † 126 (±2.3% / ±67)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,703 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Floyd County: 7,306 ±47
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,400 ±$15,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Floyd County: $143,500 ±$9,861
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±4.2% (1,039  ±302.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Floyd County: 10.6% † 1,612 (±2.3% / ±351.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±8.4% (4,776  ±458) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Floyd County: 95% 10,087 (±5.2% / ±558.5)
  • 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)
12.8% ±3.4% (646  ±172.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Floyd County: 18.3% † 1,945 (±2.6% / ±271)
  • 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

3.9% ±1.3% (285  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Floyd County: 2.4% 369
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±2.7% (537  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Floyd County: 9.4% † 1,116 (±1.5% / ±174)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
537 Total veterans ±152 484 Male ±137 53 Female ±49

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