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Kanawha, IA

756 Population
2 square miles 381.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 44.6 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,373 ±$4,493 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hancock County: $38,092 ±$3,155
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,250 ±$28,343 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hancock County: $70,601 ±$3,185
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±5.5% (64  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hancock County: 12.2% † 1,267 (±2.3% / ±243)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±4.7 (9,000  ±3,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 19.1 93,270 (±1.8 / ±9,707)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

364 ±79 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 4,673 ±123
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (736  ±176) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 10,444 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±11.4% (18  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 8.5% † 176 (±3.4% / ±70)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

451 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 5,116 ±28
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$77,600 ±$12,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Hancock County: $141,400 † ±$15,613
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±10.6% (108  ±82.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 10.1% † 1,060 (±2.8% / ±295.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±27.4% (470  ±90.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 91.4% 6,943 (±5.4% / ±415.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±12.1% (133  ±67.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hancock County: 20.5% † 1,554 (±2.7% / ±204)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.5% ±5.1% (34  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 2.2% 229
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±2.5% (51  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 7.6% † 638 (±1.2% / ±104)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±19 46 Male ±17 5 Female ±5

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