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Kalona, IA

2,679 Population
2.2 square miles 1,243.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 31.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,710 ±$8,288 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $43,808 ±$1,469
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$72,766 ±$5,305 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $74,142 ±$2,249
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

3.1% ±1.7% (82  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 15.7% 26,484 (±0.9% / ±1,505)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

22.1 minutes ±2.6 (28,380  ±4,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 20.2 1,696,115 (±0.6 / ±58,202)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,191 ±101 Number of households
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 71,262 ±735
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.2 (2,609  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 2.4 169,230 (±0 / ±236)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.6% ±5.8% (36  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 4.1% † 1,974 (±0.7% / ±361)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,222 ±103 Number of housing units
  • the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 76,849 ±116
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$221,300 ±$15,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: $280,400 ±$5,503
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

9.7% ±4.5% (256  ±120.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 21.9% 38,319 (±1.1% / ±2,009.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

90.8% ±8.5% (1,653  ±186.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 95.8% 103,094 (±2.1% / ±2,233.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
31% ±5.6% (565  ±108.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 50.4% 54,173 (±1.4% / ±1,555)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

3.6% ±2.3% (96  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 9.4% 16,699
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.9% ±2.4% (79  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Iowa City, IA Metro Area: 4.2% 5,943 (±0.4% / ±567)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
79 Total veterans ±49 74 Male ±47 5 Female ±10

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