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Oskaloosa, IA

11,492 Population
8 square miles 1,427.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 39.1 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,799 ±$3,985 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $35,035 ±$2,317
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$62,172 ±$6,442 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $69,019 ±$5,938
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

16.1% ±3.8% (1,734  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 11.9% † 2,527 (±2.2% / ±465)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

15.8 minutes ±1.5 (86,815  ±9,527) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 17.8 185,025 (±1.1 / ±12,669)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

4,656 ±210 Number of households
  • the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 8,891 ±241
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (10,818  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 2.4 21,327 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4% ±2.6% (97  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 5.8% † 263 (±2.1% / ±94)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

5,139 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 9,708 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$128,900 ±$14,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $140,900 ±$12,904
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

14.7% ±3.3% (1,677  ±374.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 11% † 2,397 (±1.9% / ±424.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94% ±6.3% (7,151  ±521) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 94% 13,749 (±4.1% / ±605.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
26% ±3.2% (1,975  ±251.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 23% 3,363 (±2% / ±298.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

2.4% ±0.9% (272  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 2.1% 461
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.9% ±1.4% (522  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 5.9% † 995 (±1% / ±164)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
522 Total veterans ±129 474 Male ±117 48 Female ±39

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