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Jewell Junction, IA

1,225 Population
3.9 square miles 316.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hamilton County: 42.2 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,519 ±$14,945 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hamilton County: $38,075 ±$2,481
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$75,313 ±$16,577 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hamilton County: $71,750 ±$5,549
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

8% ±4.5% (98  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Hamilton County: 8% † 1,171 (±1.9% / ±274)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

24.8 minutes ±4.4 (17,235  ±4,479) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hamilton County: 21.7 144,760 (±1.2 / ±9,627)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

552 ±93 Number of households
  • Hamilton County: 6,317 ±241
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.5 (1,225  ±176) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hamilton County: 2.3 14,689 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.3% ±2.5% (8  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hamilton County: 9.3% † 269 (±3% / ±86)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

595 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Hamilton County: 7,056 ±32
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$128,300 ±$14,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hamilton County: $132,300 ±$12,453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6.1% ±2.7% (74  ±34.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 7.7% † 1,132 (±1.8% / ±265.9)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.8% ±20.7% (813  ±119.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 92.6% 9,682 (±5% / ±528.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
28.6% ±7.1% (240  ±70.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hamilton County: 22% † 2,298 (±2.5% / ±265.6)
  • about 90 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

5.5% ±4.3% (67  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 6.7% 1,001
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.8% ±1.7% (36  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Hamilton County: 7.9% † 903 (±1.5% / ±174)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
36 Total veterans ±17 32 Male ±16 4 Female ±6

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