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Fort Madison, IA

10,221 Population
9.7 square miles 1,058.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 43.7 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,004 ±$2,001 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: $32,537 ±$1,501
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$49,359 ±$4,947 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: $59,803 ±$3,489
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.8% ±4.1% (1,395  ±384) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 13% † 4,151 (±1.9% / ±588)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

22.8 minutes ±3.5 (95,830  ±16,320) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 19.6 272,880 (±1.3 / ±21,265)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

4,579 ±220 Number of households
  • the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 14,305 ±295
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.1 (9,411  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 2.2 31,995 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.7% ±3.4% (138  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 8.9% † 567 (±2.4% / ±154)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

5,142 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 15,808 ±50
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$95,900 ±$7,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: $123,600 ±$7,214
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

9.9% ±3% (1,000  ±302.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 9.9% † 3,245 (±1.5% / ±475.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94.2% ±6.7% (7,083  ±555.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 94.2% 22,360 (±3.5% / ±845.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
19.1% ±3.9% (1,436  ±295.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 21% 4,996 (±1.8% / ±421.3)
  • 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

1.3% ±0.7% (131  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 1.1% 367
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.8% ±1.8% (657  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 8.9% 2,309 (±0.9% / ±226)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
657 Total veterans ±152 602 Male ±146 55 Female ±41

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