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Harlan, IA

4,896 Population
4.4 square miles 1,107.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 45.1 ±1.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,327 ±$4,309 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $38,805 ±$2,514
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$54,923 ±$10,811 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $67,690 † ±$10,295
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

10.9% ±4% (525  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shelby County: 8.5% † 984 (±2% / ±229)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

14.1 minutes ±2.9 (28,035  ±6,798) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Shelby County: 18.3 93,365 (±1.6 / ±10,136)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,115 ±144 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 4,983 ±139
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.2 (4,796  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.3 11,538 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

3% ±3.4% (30  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 3.1% † 69 (±1.7% / ±39)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,304 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 5,429 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$137,500 ±$20,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $156,200 ±$10,283
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

8.1% ±3.2% (393  ±155.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.9% † 1,040 (±2.4% / ±277.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93% ±9% (3,276  ±365.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 95.3% 7,866 (±5.1% / ±439.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21.6% ±4.4% (761  ±159.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 23.3% † 1,925 (±2.6% / ±214.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.3% ±4.7% (110  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Shelby County: 1.2% 146
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

10.1% ±2.4% (395  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 8.2% † 744 (±1.3% / ±119)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
395 Total veterans ±97 386 Male ±95 9 Female ±14

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