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Pella, IA

10,624 Population
9.3 square miles 1,137.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,262 ±$6,968 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $40,540 ±$2,637
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$81,201 ±$5,449 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $78,059 ±$3,404
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

4.4% ±2% (414  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,248 (±1.3% / ±419)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.4 minutes ±1.3 (68,040  ±7,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 20.4 303,660 (±0.8 / ±17,464)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

4,009 ±201 Number of households
  • the Pella, IA Micro Area: 13,409 ±218
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (9,265  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 2.4 31,896 (±0 / ±42)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2% ±1.3% (46  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 5% † 354 (±1.8% / ±129)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

4,226 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Pella, IA Micro Area: 14,268 ±50
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$259,600 ±$12,293 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $211,100 ±$11,156
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

25.6% ±6.7% (2,712  ±706.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 14.2% † 4,706 (±2.3% / ±773.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.7% ±6.4% (6,073  ±464.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 94.6% 21,135 (±3.9% / ±871.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
47.8% ±4.8% (3,033  ±322.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 33.1% 7,389 (±2.4% / ±544)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

3.4% ±0.9% (361  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 2% 679
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

4.5% ±1.1% (374  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 7% † 1,809 (±1% / ±261)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
374 Total veterans ±92 356 Male ±90 18 Female ±19

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