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Kanawha, IA

805 Population
2 square miles 405.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hancock County: 44.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,493 ±$4,491 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $36,756 ±$2,813
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$66,481 ±$27,577 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hancock County: $70,212 ±$3,114
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.3% ±3.2% (57  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 12.1% † 1,272 (±2.5% / ±257)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.3 minutes ±3.8 (9,180  ±3,519) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hancock County: 20 98,095 (±1.4 / ±8,276)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

352 ±91 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 4,614 ±114
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.8 (785  ±199) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 2.3 10,483 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.8% ±10.6% (17  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 8.7% † 176 (±3.8% / ±78)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

427 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 5,120 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$79,900 ±$9,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hancock County: $129,300 † ±$13,181
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

12.4% ±11.5% (99  ±94.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 10.7% † 1,131 (±3.1% / ±328.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94.6% ±28.8% (453  ±96) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 91.6% 7,041 (±5.1% / ±398)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
26.9% ±13.2% (129  ±69.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 21.4% † 1,644 (±2.5% / ±190.4)
  • 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

4% ±4.4% (32  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 2.4% 255
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.9% ±3.6% (43  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 7.7% † 648 (±1.4% / ±114)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
43 Total veterans ±25 38 Male ±24 5 Female ±5

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