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Rock Rapids, IA

2,653 Population
4.2 square miles 630.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lyon County: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,605 ±$3,121 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $33,727 ±$2,026
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$61,679 ±$11,949 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $72,881 ±$5,027
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

5.9% ±2.4% (150  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 5.3% † 634 (±1.5% / ±179)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

12 minutes ±1.5 (13,115  ±2,305) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lyon County: 20.1 107,145 (±1.4 / ±8,714)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,017 ±75 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 4,444 ±108
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0.2 (2,550  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 2.7 11,909 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

0.8% ±1.4% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lyon County: 6.4% † 153 (±2.1% / ±50)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,160 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 4,857 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$207,700 ±$11,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $215,600 ±$10,457
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.8% ±4.3% (287  ±113) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lyon County: 8.2% † 969 (±1.9% / ±222.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94.3% ±9% (1,663  ±184.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 95.4% 7,377 (±4.5% / ±349.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21% ±4.5% (371  ±81.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 20.8% † 1,606 (±2.4% / ±181.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.8% ±2% (74  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lyon County: 1.7% 204
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

4.7% ±1.9% (91  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lyon County: 6% † 518 (±1% / ±86)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
91 Total veterans ±36 91 Male ±36 N/A Female ±10

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