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Iowa City, IA

75,671 Population
25.8 square miles 2,937.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.6 ±2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,542 ±$4,976 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $43,711 ±$3,113
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
$50,135 ±$6,187 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $71,905 ±$5,243
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135

27.5% ±3.7% (18,672  ±2,506) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 15.5% † 26,465 (±1.9% / ±3,204)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)

17 minutes ±0.8 (653,535  ±55,883) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 20.7 1,778,130 (±1 / ±102,786)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20 29,172,684 (±0.2 / ±446,587)

Families

30,588 ±1,838 Number of households
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 73,376 ±1,479
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
2.2 ±0.1 (67,895  ±528) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 2.3 170,749 (±0.1 / ±524)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409

1.9% ±1.2% (495  ±314) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 3.8% † 1,894 (±1.6% / ±804)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)

Housing

33,844 ±1,650 Number of housing units
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 79,182 ±224
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169

$291,500 ±$17,760 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $298,700 ±$16,280
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351

38.1% ±5.6% (28,505  ±4,160.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 22.7% † 40,395 (±2.8% / ±5,012.1)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)

Social

96.5% ±6.1% (37,132  ±3,082.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 96.5% 106,442 (±4.3% / ±4,830)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
62% ±4.9% (23,866  ±2,267.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 50.7% 55,960 (±2.9% / ±3,269.4)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)

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

11.2% ±3.1% (8,458  ±2,345) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 9.2% 16,578
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605

3.3% ±1.3% (2,155  ±844) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 4% † 5,771 (±0.8% / ±1,092)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
2,155 Total veterans ±844 1,979 Male ±717 176 Female ±192

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