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Eldon, IA

816 Population
1.1 square miles 745.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 39.9 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,033 ±$3,897 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $33,337 ±$2,764
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$52,813 ±$13,552 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $60,034 ±$3,024
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

21.1% ±11.7% (172  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 16.7% † 5,743 (±3% / ±1,019)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

26.4 minutes ±2 (8,345  ±2,572) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.6 301,760 (±1.8 / ±29,761)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

327 ±69 Number of households
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 14,088 ±320
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0.2 (816  ±180) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 2.4 34,429 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.3% ±6.8% (13  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 6.9% † 515 (±1.8% / ±134)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

382 ±82 Number of housing units
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15,740 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$57,600 ±$7,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $112,900 ±$6,957
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.4% ±5.1% (84  ±45) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 11.8% † 4,089 (±1.8% / ±631)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

89.2% ±23.4% (496  ±87.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 87.7% 21,058 (±3.7% / ±892.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
12.8% ±6.2% (71  ±37.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.4% † 4,665 (±2.1% / ±492.9)
  • about two-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

1.4% ±2.1% (11  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 9.2% 3,239
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.9% ±2.4% (35  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,746 (±1% / ±263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
35 Total veterans ±16 35 Male ±16 N/A Female ±10

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