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Humeston, IA

551 Population
0.6 square miles 882.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 41.5 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,734 ±$16,780 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $36,445 ±$3,411
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,836 ±$3,351 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $61,964 ±$4,667
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±7.8% (88  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 10.1% † 651 (±2.3% / ±150)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±4.7 (6,645  ±1,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 25.4 69,485 (±2.4 / ±7,332)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

255 ±47 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 2,565 ±92
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (551  ±89) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 6,414 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17.8% ±11.6% (19  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 10.9% † 135 (±2.5% / ±31)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

292 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 3,019 ±23
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,100 ±$31,666 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $111,300 † ±$12,536
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±4.9% (57  ±27.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 10% † 639 (±2.3% / ±146.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±3.1% (364  ±69.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 90.9% 3,986 (±5.2% / ±230.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.5% ±10.5% (99  ±43.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 17.2% † 754 (±2.4% / ±105.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.5% ±3.2% (19  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 0.9% 61
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±4.7% (27  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6% † 292 (±1.3% / ±62)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
27 Total veterans ±20 25 Male ±20 2 Female ±4

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