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Palo, IA

1,173 Population
1.2 square miles 979.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,216 ±$6,186 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $41,820 ±$973
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$103,646 ±$19,109 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $77,084 ±$1,803
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

3.3% ±3.5% (38  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 9.7% 26,123 (±0.8% / ±2,219)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

26.9 minutes ±4.5 (15,380  ±4,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 20.1 2,460,220 (±0.4 / ±62,328)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

401 ±72 Number of households
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 113,271 ±812
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.9 ±0.2 (1,173  ±220) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 2.4 269,510 (±0 / ±128)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

17.1% ±9.7% (47  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.5% † 3,446 (±0.7% / ±432)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

409 ±74 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 121,966 ±169
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$274,200 ±$17,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $202,100 ±$3,880
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

8.7% ±4.2% (98  ±51.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 12.3% 33,632 (±0.8% / ±2,200.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

98.6% ±23.1% (727  ±104.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 95.2% 180,406 (±1.5% / ±2,910.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
27.5% ±5.8% (203  ±57.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 32.8% 62,146 (±0.9% / ±1,710.2)
  • about 90 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

1.6% ±1.4% (19  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 4.5% 12,503
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.8% ±3% (45  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 7.7% 16,361 (±0.4% / ±913)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
45 Total veterans ±25 45 Male ±25 N/A Female ±10

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