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Onawa, IA

2,862 Population
5.3 square miles 543.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monona County: 44.7 ±1.4
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,674 ±$3,254 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monona County: $34,565 ±$1,698
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$54,659 ±$6,486 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monona County: $62,944 ±$5,362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

16.1% ±6.2% (447  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monona County: 11.2% † 943 (±2.5% / ±206)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.4 minutes ±4.5 (26,320  ±6,336) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Monona County: 22.9 85,025 (±2.3 / ±9,501)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,267 ±101 Number of households
  • Monona County: 3,891 ±109
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.2 (2,773  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monona County: 2.2 8,418 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

9.4% ±6.2% (55  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Monona County: 7.2% † 120 (±2.4% / ±40)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,369 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Monona County: 4,390 ±27
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$125,700 ±$33,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Monona County: $122,600 ±$11,531
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.5% ±4.6% (297  ±130) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monona County: 7.4% † 629 (±1.8% / ±155.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.2% ±11.3% (1,807  ±235.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monona County: 93.6% 5,757 (±5.3% / ±325.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
16.7% ±5.6% (323  ±108.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monona County: 18.7% † 1,153 (±2.4% / ±145.7)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.9% ±3.3% (171  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monona County: 9.4% † 630 (±1.8% / ±119)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
171 Total veterans ±72 159 Male ±72 12 Female ±19

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