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Marengo, IA

2,725 Population
2.1 square miles 1,288.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa County: 42.4 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,735 ±$3,436 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa County: $38,618 ±$3,233
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,941 ±$8,359 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa County: $71,223 ±$4,147
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±5.4% (347  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa County: 8.9% † 1,440 (±1.8% / ±297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±2.8 (25,895  ±5,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa County: 22.2 172,465 (±1.3 / ±12,267)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,148 ±118 Number of households
  • Iowa County: 6,909 ±127
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,641  ±366) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa County: 2.3 16,170 (±0 / ±29)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±1.7% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa County: 3% † 96 (±1.5% / ±49)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,240 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Iowa County: 7,369 ±45
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,200 ±$14,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa County: $193,900 ±$8,995
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±3.4% (281  ±99.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa County: 8.4% † 1,380 (±1.8% / ±294.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±3.4% (1,782  ±199.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa County: 95.5% 11,084 (±4.8% / ±558.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.9% ±3.3% (252  ±68.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Iowa County: 24.8% † 2,881 (±2.7% / ±314.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-third 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

1.2% ±0.9% (32  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa County: 1% 166
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2.7% (143  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa County: 8.6% † 1,086 (±1.6% / ±201)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
143 Total veterans ±59 131 Male ±52 12 Female ±16

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