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Tama, IA

3,051 Population
3 square miles 1,026.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tama County: 41.5 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,745 ±$3,878 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tama County: $34,186 ±$1,458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,661 ±$5,435 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tama County: $70,781 ±$3,087
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24% ±9.3% (719  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tama County: 14.8% † 2,440 (±2.4% / ±387)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±4.2 (23,770  ±5,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tama County: 22.7 163,895 (±1.1 / ±10,087)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,052 ±89 Number of households
  • Tama County: 6,720 ±173
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (2,993  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tama County: 2.5 16,513 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±3.7% (34  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tama County: 10% † 326 (±3.2% / ±103)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,122 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Tama County: 7,595 ±42
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,800 ±$14,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tama County: $148,600 ±$9,729
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±3.5% (279  ±104.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Tama County: 9.1% † 1,521 (±1.6% / ±272.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.8% ±8.2% (1,552  ±188.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tama County: 91.5% 10,576 (±3.6% / ±414.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±4.1% (307  ±80.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tama County: 20.5% 2,369 (±1.7% / ±199)
  • about half 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

12.9% ±3.5% (393  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Tama County: 4.1% 685
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±2.7% (166  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Tama County: 7.9% † 1,018 (±1% / ±122)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
166 Total veterans ±57 145 Male ±55 21 Female ±17

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