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Oelwein, IA

5,878 Population
4.8 square miles 1,221 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,933 ±$3,112 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $32,982 ±$1,717
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$49,821 ±$12,438 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $58,764 ±$3,137
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

17.1% ±4.4% (979  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 12.5% † 2,333 (±1.9% / ±363)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.2 minutes ±3.4 (45,510  ±8,634) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Fayette County: 22.1 182,580 (±1 / ±11,138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,537 ±170 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 8,203 ±174
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.2 (5,725  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.3 18,693 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

9.7% ±5.9% (115  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fayette County: 7.5% † 275 (±2.3% / ±86)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,911 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 9,324 ±44
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$96,800 ±$10,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fayette County: $130,800 ±$11,566
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

16.3% ±5% (942  ±289.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 11.4% † 2,175 (±1.9% / ±366.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

91.1% ±7.5% (3,952  ±359.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 93.4% 12,672 (±3.6% / ±503.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
16.1% ±3.4% (699  ±147.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 18.2% 2,467 (±1.6% / ±221.8)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (30  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Fayette County: 1.6% 312
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

10.6% ±2.9% (492  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 8.5% † 1,297 (±1.2% / ±180)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
492 Total veterans ±134 451 Male ±125 41 Female ±39

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