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Denison, IA

8,247 Population
6.5 square miles 1,259.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Crawford County: 37.9 ±2.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,401 ±$4,070 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $32,731 ±$2,482
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$63,850 ±$3,666 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Crawford County: $65,039 ±$5,681
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

20.2% ±7.4% (1,632  ±603) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 16.4% † 2,635 (±4% / ±636)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.1 minutes ±3.3 (50,880  ±13,620) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Crawford County: 17.9 † 133,835 (±1.9 / ±15,882)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,995 ±200 Number of households
  • Crawford County: 6,229 ±181
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.2 (7,833  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Crawford County: 2.5 15,825 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.2% ±5% (120  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 7.2% † 244 (±3.2% / ±109)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,187 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Crawford County: 6,852 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$137,600 ±$25,128 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Crawford County: $136,300 † ±$17,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13.2% ±5.2% (1,077  ±423.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 11.7% † 1,885 (±3.3% / ±529.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

75.2% ±7.9% (3,794  ±440.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 84% 8,926 (±4.9% / ±522.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
18.5% ±3.9% (932  ±201.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Crawford County: 18.3% † 1,941 (±2.3% / ±244.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

27.8% ±4.7% (2,291  ±384) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Crawford County: 15.9% 2,597
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.9% ±2% (230  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Crawford County: 5.8% † 704 (±1.1% / ±128)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
230 Total veterans ±116 230 Male ±116 N/A Female ±15

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