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Independence, IA

6,149 Population
6 square miles 1,020 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 39.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,517 ±$3,059 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Buchanan County: $37,392 ±$2,124
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$72,250 ±$15,169 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buchanan County: $78,430 ±$4,902
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

8.6% ±3.1% (514  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 7% † 1,439 (±1.2% / ±245)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.8 minutes ±2.8 (67,010  ±9,677) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Buchanan County: 23.1 221,955 (±1.2 / ±14,237)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,673 ±167 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 8,150 ±207
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (6,012  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buchanan County: 2.5 20,456 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.7% ±4.1% (105  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buchanan County: 8.3% † 347 (±2.1% / ±87)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,856 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 8,946 ±67
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$156,900 ±$9,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buchanan County: $171,400 ±$5,180
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

16.5% ±4.7% (998  ±285) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Buchanan County: 11.5% † 2,349 (±1.9% / ±389.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.6% ±8.3% (4,174  ±399.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buchanan County: 94.6% 13,127 (±3.9% / ±537.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
24% ±4.6% (1,038  ±203.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 22.3% 3,096 (±1.9% / ±267.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.2% ±2% (199  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Buchanan County: 1.6% 332
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.7% ±2% (319  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Buchanan County: 6.9% † 1,055 (±1% / ±154)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
319 Total veterans ±97 307 Male ±90 12 Female ±21

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