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Iowa City, IA

76,711 Population
25.8 square miles 2,977.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,774 ±$3,398 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $43,908 ±$2,663
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,650 ±$6,727 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $75,225 ±$4,620
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

27% ±3.1% (18,796  ±2,134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 17.1% † 29,766 (±2.2% / ±3,875)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

15.9 minutes ±1 (615,655  ±56,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 18.5 1,619,615 (±0.8 / ±95,052)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

32,453 ±1,415 Number of households
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 75,506 ±1,700
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (69,348  ±483) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 2.3 173,629 (±0.1 / ±482)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.2% ±1.2% (515  ±294) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 3.7% † 1,847 (±1.3% / ±644)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,468 ±1,407 Number of housing units
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 80,274 ±224
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$304,100 ±$22,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $315,200 ±$14,728
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

30.4% ±4.3% (23,187  ±3,296.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 18.9% † 34,174 (±2.4% / ±4,420.9)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.2% ±6.5% (40,784  ±3,235.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 95.2% 109,086 (±4.3% / ±5,025.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
60.9% ±4.9% (25,838  ±2,345.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 52% 59,554 (±2.9% / ±3,348.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12.2% ±3% (9,370  ±2,305) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 9.2% 16,816
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±1.3% (2,592  ±866) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 4.2% † 6,090 (±0.7% / ±1,046)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,592 Total veterans ±866 2,210 Male ±741 382 Female ±319

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