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Decorah, IA

7,597 Population
7.2 square miles 1,048.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Winneshiek County: 42.2 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,046 ±$4,546 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Winneshiek County: $40,595 ±$2,910
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$62,177 ±$6,619 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Winneshiek County: $75,652 ±$5,818
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.7% ±3% (446  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Winneshiek County: 7.9% † 1,426 (±2% / ±355)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

12.4 minutes ±1.9 (46,355  ±7,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Winneshiek County: 18.8 180,945 (±1.4 / ±15,414)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,913 ±168 Number of households
  • Winneshiek County: 8,197 ±191
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2 ±0.1 (5,804  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Winneshiek County: 2.2 18,079 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

1.4% ±1.3% (31  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Winneshiek County: 6.1% † 262 (±2.9% / ±125)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,277 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Winneshiek County: 9,011 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$234,600 ±$10,657 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Winneshiek County: $239,000 ±$9,259
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

14.6% ±4.1% (1,105  ±305.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Winneshiek County: 11.4% † 2,249 (±2.7% / ±537.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.2% ±7.3% (4,492  ±380.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Winneshiek County: 95.4% 12,793 (±4.2% / ±565.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
46.1% ±4.9% (2,151  ±243.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Winneshiek County: 31.5% 4,227 (±2.4% / ±326.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

3.8% ±1.1% (289  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Winneshiek County: 2.3% 468
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.6% ±2.3% (500  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Winneshiek County: 7% † 1,127 (±1.1% / ±170)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
500 Total veterans ±153 430 Male ±129 70 Female ±54

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