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Shenandoah, IA

4,892 Population
3.7 square miles 1,306.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Page County: 45.1 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,766 ±$6,122 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Page County: $33,365 ±$2,594
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,783 ±$9,811 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Page County: $57,953 ±$4,402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±6% (1,001  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Page County: 13.8% † 1,930 (±2.6% / ±369)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±2.5 (30,760  ±6,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Page County: 17.8 107,400 (±1.8 / ±12,134)
  • about three-quarters 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

2,226 ±162 Number of households
  • Page County: 6,255 ±189
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,732  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Page County: 2.2 13,974 (±0.1 / ±176)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±5.2% (51  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Page County: 3.9% † 100 (±2.1% / ±55)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,486 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Page County: 7,004 ±83
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,700 ±$11,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Page County: $125,300 ±$10,143
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±5.1% (709  ±246.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Page County: 15.7% † 2,343 (±2.5% / ±372.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±8.2% (3,462  ±332.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Page County: 93.4% 10,544 (±4.2% / ±488.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±4.1% (674  ±153.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Page County: 19.2% † 2,172 (±2% / ±227.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

2.4% ±1.7% (119  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Page County: 1.9% 282
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.5% (320  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Page County: 8.3% † 1,012 (±1.2% / ±146)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
320 Total veterans ±98 271 Male ±81 49 Female ±47

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