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Dow City, IA

454 Population
0.3 square miles 1,360.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±18 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Crawford County: 37.9 ±2.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,797 ±$7,963 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Crawford County: $34,517 ±$2,346
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,421 ±$5,622 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Crawford County: $67,027 ±$6,034
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±14.8% (97  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Crawford County: 14.8% † 2,377 (±2.9% / ±474)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±1.7 (4,145  ±1,380) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Crawford County: 17.2 128,155 (±1.7 / ±13,950)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

206 ±49 Number of households
  • Crawford County: 6,331 ±174
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (454  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Crawford County: 2.5 15,849 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

3.6% ±4.4% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Crawford County: 7.9% † 253 (±3.1% / ±100)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

206 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Crawford County: 6,869 ±49
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,900 ±$63,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $153,700 ±$12,624
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±8.3% (57  ±40.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 13.7% † 2,202 (±3.1% / ±502.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±3.1% (266  ±69.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Crawford County: 83.6% 8,872 (±4.7% / ±506.6)
  • a little less than 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)
4.7% ±8.1% (14  ±24.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Crawford County: 17.7% † 1,880 (±2.1% / ±222.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • less than a fifth 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

3.7% ±5% (17  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Crawford County: 17.5% 2,850
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.7% ±8.1% (42  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Crawford County: 6.7% † 808 (±1.3% / ±162)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
42 Total veterans ±31 42 Male ±31 N/A Female ±10

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