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Northwood, IA

2,040 Population
4 square miles 511.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,898 ±$5,467 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $41,222 ±$2,252
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,450 ±$6,386 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $68,926 ±$2,257
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±4.3% (174  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,999 (±1.2% / ±605)
  • 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)

18.4 minutes ±2.4 (17,075  ±3,387) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 16.5 377,885 (±0.7 / ±18,122)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

909 ±80 Number of households
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 22,716 ±399
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,996  ±218) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.2 48,837 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±10.5% (40  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 9.6% † 937 (±3.1% / ±300)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

936 ±73 Number of housing units
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 26,260 ±42
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,300 ±$9,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $162,900 ±$5,453
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±4.4% (249  ±93) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 11% † 5,423 (±1.5% / ±728.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±7.7% (1,443  ±179.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 94.6% 34,096 (±3.1% / ±1,133.4)
  • 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)
15.9% ±4.8% (243  ±77.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 23.3% 8,382 (±1.5% / ±553.6)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

2.8% ±2.4% (57  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.3% 1,160
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±3.2% (197  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 8.1% 3,201 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
197 Total veterans ±57 179 Male ±55 18 Female ±15

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