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Emmetsburg, IA

3,651 Population
3.8 square miles 962.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Palo Alto County: 41.5 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,900 ±$3,056 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Palo Alto County: $35,518 ±$1,787
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$57,353 ±$8,753 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Palo Alto County: $68,963 ±$5,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

17.3% ±6.8% (588  ±233) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Palo Alto County: 11.7% † 1,002 (±3% / ±252)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

14.1 minutes ±3 (25,130  ±6,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palo Alto County: 17.7 † 75,665 (±1.8 / ±8,709)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,628 ±105 Number of households
  • Palo Alto County: 3,739 ±115
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.1 (3,403  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Palo Alto County: 2.3 8,579 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.2% ±5.3% (37  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Palo Alto County: 6.1% † 106 (±2.8% / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,824 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Palo Alto County: 4,517 ±27
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$114,600 ±$10,352 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Palo Alto County: $119,300 ±$7,532
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

14.5% ±5.5% (526  ±197.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Palo Alto County: 11.4% † 1,004 (±3.3% / ±289.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

92% ±9.2% (2,335  ±262.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Palo Alto County: 93.9% 5,709 (±5.2% / ±321.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
16.8% ±4.4% (427  ±112.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Palo Alto County: 20.5% † 1,248 (±2.6% / ±158.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.1% ±1% (41  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Palo Alto County: 2.2% 199
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.5% ±3.3% (277  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Palo Alto County: 7.7% † 524 (±1.5% / ±104)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
277 Total veterans ±97 277 Male ±97 N/A Female ±10

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