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Traer, IA

1,464 Population
1.3 square miles 1,135.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tama County: 41.8 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,590 ±$5,272 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tama County: $34,094 ±$1,728
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$79,653 ±$8,135 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tama County: $67,955 ±$3,657
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

10.1% ±3.8% (140  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tama County: 15.4% † 2,544 (±2.1% / ±354)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19.5 minutes ±1.5 (14,025  ±2,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tama County: 22.6 163,795 (±1.5 / ±11,804)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

633 ±75 Number of households
  • Tama County: 6,731 ±127
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.2 (1,408  ±203) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tama County: 2.5 16,610 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4% ±5.6% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Tama County: 12% † 396 (±2.5% / ±83)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

699 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Tama County: 7,595 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$131,900 ±$16,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Tama County: $139,900 ±$9,834
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

12.4% ±4.3% (182  ±67.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tama County: 9% † 1,500 (±1.4% / ±228)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

94.5% ±15.4% (1,021  ±115.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tama County: 91.5% 10,704 (±3.4% / ±399.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
29.4% ±5.6% (317  ±71.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tama County: 19.4% 2,270 (±1.7% / ±196.3)
  • a little less 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

0.3% ±0.3% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tama County: 5% 852
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.6% ±2.9% (104  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Tama County: 8.6% † 1,107 (±1% / ±130)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
104 Total veterans ±37 95 Male ±35 9 Female ±8

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