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Oskaloosa, IA

11,504 Population
8.1 square miles 1,427.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 39 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,751 ±$3,854 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $36,118 ±$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
$64,004 ±$6,143 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $70,940 ±$4,815
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±3.9% (1,781  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 12.6% † 2,683 (±1.9% / ±399)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±1.4 (83,360  ±8,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 18 180,135 (±1 / ±11,128)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,590 ±230 Number of households
  • the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 8,743 ±221
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (10,766  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 2.4 21,240 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±3.5% (154  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 6% † 276 (±2.1% / ±97)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,162 ±188 Number of housing units
  • the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 9,728 ±53
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,300 ±$13,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: $157,800 ±$8,064
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±3.5% (1,531  ±401.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 9.5% † 2,075 (±2.1% / ±452.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±5.8% (7,096  ±501.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 93.5% 13,684 (±4.1% / ±607.7)
  • 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)
25.4% ±3.3% (1,932  ±255.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 24.1% 3,533 (±2.1% / ±301.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.9% ±1% (336  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 2.2% 492
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.3% (493  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area: 5.8% † 972 (±0.9% / ±143)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
493 Total veterans ±120 454 Male ±109 39 Female ±39

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