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Pella, IA

10,720 Population
9.3 square miles 1,147.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 39.9 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,157 ±$6,179 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $40,274 ±$2,163
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,111 ±$5,684 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $78,680 ±$3,041
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±1.8% (558  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 8.2% † 2,604 (±1.3% / ±408)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.7 minutes ±1.3 (69,615  ±8,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 21 314,925 (±1 / ±18,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,995 ±245 Number of households
  • the Pella, IA Micro Area: 13,316 ±258
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (9,319  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 2.4 31,954 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • 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

2.6% ±2.5% (64  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 4.4% † 310 (±1.6% / ±115)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,313 ±214 Number of housing units
  • the Pella, IA Micro Area: 14,386 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$292,700 ±$14,689 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Pella, IA Micro Area: $233,000 ±$9,817
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.9% ±5.4% (2,010  ±572) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 12.2% † 4,054 (±1.9% / ±628.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±5.9% (6,170  ±466.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 94.8% 21,264 (±3.8% / ±865.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.4% ±4.6% (3,017  ±320.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 32.1% 7,200 (±2.4% / ±531.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 1.3 times 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

3.6% ±1.1% (389  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 2.1% 701
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±1.1% (272  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pella, IA Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,466 (±0.8% / ±202)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
272 Total veterans ±92 261 Male ±94 11 Female ±15

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