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Roland, IA

1,458 Population
1.1 square miles 1,272.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 30 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$45,365 ±$4,827 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $38,602 ±$1,327
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$84,779 ±$19,448 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $71,090 ±$1,875
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

0.6% ±0.6% (9  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.8% 17,803 (±0.9% / ±1,057)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.8 minutes ±8.4 (17,210  ±4,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 19.1 1,108,470 (±0.7 / ±48,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

681 ±158 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,643 ±640
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.2 (1,458  ±353) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 112,514 (±0 / ±137)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

3.1% ±2.5% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,200 (±0.7% / ±217)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

702 ±156 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,647 ±80
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$173,100 ±$22,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $231,600 ±$4,636
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

11.6% ±6% (168  ±95.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.8% 30,762 (±1.4% / ±1,725.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

98.6% ±27.4% (1,043  ±177.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.7% 69,284 (±2.3% / ±1,625.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
32.6% ±2.8% (345  ±81.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 46.8% 33,504 (±1.6% / ±1,134.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (7  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 6.8% 8,456
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9% ±3.7% (101  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,920 (±0.5% / ±514)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
101 Total veterans ±47 96 Male ±45 5 Female ±7

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