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Eldon, IA

726 Population
1.1 square miles 663.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$25,156 ±$3,426 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $33,358 ±$2,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$47,917 ±$11,831 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $64,766 ±$4,224
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

20.9% ±9.3% (152  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15.8% † 5,464 (±2.6% / ±897)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

25.1 minutes ±5.2 (7,240  ±2,582) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 20 301,615 (±1.7 / ±27,873)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

327 ±61 Number of households
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 13,997 ±276
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.2 ±0.1 (726  ±142) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 2.5 34,482 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

2.6% ±3.1% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 7.2% † 541 (±2% / ±155)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

388 ±77 Number of housing units
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15,730 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$60,600 ±$5,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $125,100 ±$7,732
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

10.7% ±4.8% (77  ±38) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 12.1% † 4,214 (±1.8% / ±610.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

89.5% ±20.9% (486  ±76.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 88.6% 21,264 (±3.6% / ±869.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
11.2% ±5.6% (61  ±31.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.6% † 4,708 (±2.1% / ±498.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.9% ±3.3% (51  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
51 Total veterans ±21 51 Male ±21 N/A Female ±10

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