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Storm Lake, IA

11,428 Population
5.4 square miles 2,105.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 35.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,603 ±$3,042 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: $34,666 ±$2,000
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,765 ±$16,358 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: $71,719 † ±$7,936
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±2.9% (745  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.8% † 1,542 (±2% / ±396)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.1 minutes ±1.2 (54,605  ±7,507) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 14 134,285 (±0.9 / ±9,668)
  • about half the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,975 ±164 Number of households
  • the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 7,546 ±181
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (10,647  ±60) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 2.6 19,805 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±4.1% (273  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 8.2% † 401 (±2.6% / ±130)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,198 ±142 Number of housing units
  • the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 8,293 ±31
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,200 ±$17,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: $159,500 ±$10,332
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±2.3% (813  ±260.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 9.2% † 1,877 (±1.8% / ±360.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

72.3% ±7.2% (4,878  ±519) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 81.3% 10,616 (±4.4% / ±588.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±3.9% (1,275  ±264.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 22.2% † 2,901 (±2.3% / ±303.8)
  • 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

30.3% ±3.9% (3,465  ±440) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 21.3% 4,416
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.4% ±1% (199  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Storm Lake, IA Micro Area: 4.1% † 625 (±0.7% / ±105)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
199 Total veterans ±84 199 Male ±84 N/A Female ±16

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