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Independence, IA

6,164 Population
6 square miles 1,022.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 40.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,961 ±$4,012 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Buchanan County: $36,527 ±$1,505
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,806 ±$14,181 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Buchanan County: $78,236 ±$3,797
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.6% ±2.6% (459  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buchanan County: 8.6% † 1,766 (±1.8% / ±359)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±2.6 (64,225  ±9,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buchanan County: 23.5 227,150 (±1.3 / ±14,671)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,753 ±147 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 8,252 ±200
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (6,040  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buchanan County: 2.5 20,520 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±3.8% (59  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Buchanan County: 7% † 292 (±2.3% / ±94)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,906 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 8,945 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,300 ±$8,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Buchanan County: $176,000 ±$8,421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±3.7% (829  ±226.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buchanan County: 10.4% † 2,137 (±1.6% / ±324.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±8% (4,163  ±380.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buchanan County: 94.1% 13,119 (±3.9% / ±552.9)
  • about the same as 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)
24.7% ±4.4% (1,075  ±197.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 22.4% 3,118 (±1.9% / ±262.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.1% ±1.5% (127  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buchanan County: 1.3% 261
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.1% (339  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 6.9% † 1,059 (±1% / ±148)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
339 Total veterans ±103 339 Male ±103 N/A Female ±15

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