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Indianola, IA

15,918 Population
11.4 square miles 1,392 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,388 ±$1,997 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $44,796 ±$522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$78,125 ±$6,091 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $84,209 ±$1,136
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.6% ±2% (1,105  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 63,021 (±0.4% / ±2,903)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.9 minutes ±1 (147,805  ±11,084) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,701,490 (±0.2 / ±100,463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

6,008 ±216 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 289,451 ±1,214
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (14,515  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 707,288 (±0 / ±209)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

8.4% ±2.9% (335  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,980 (±0.5% / ±799)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

6,460 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 308,705 ±223
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$228,100 ±$9,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $252,400 ±$3,032
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

15% ±2.8% (2,356  ±435.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.9% 98,978 (±0.6% / ±3,981.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

97.2% ±5.6% (9,618  ±624.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.5% 449,966 (±1.1% / ±5,214.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
33.5% ±3.5% (3,314  ±363.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.1% 188,214 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

2.2% ±0.8% (354  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.6% 62,047
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.8% ±1.2% (694  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.2% 33,516 (±0.2% / ±1,237)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
694 Total veterans ±143 664 Male ±148 30 Female ±40

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