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Wapello, IA

1,935 Population
1.3 square miles 1,490 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisa County: 41.8 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,542 ±$2,703 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Louisa County: $35,747 ±$2,334
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$71,131 ±$16,365 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisa County: $80,223 ±$6,110
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

6.7% ±3.4% (128  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisa County: 9.9% † 1,042 (±2.3% / ±247)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

22 minutes ±2.1 (20,400  ±3,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisa County: 23.9 121,360 (±1.3 / ±7,823)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

857 ±89 Number of households
  • Louisa County: 4,143 ±157
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.2 (1,900  ±235) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisa County: 2.6 10,577 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.5% ±4.8% (22  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisa County: 6.3% † 137 (±2.6% / ±57)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

889 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Louisa County: 4,736 ±25
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$128,800 ±$23,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Louisa County: $137,600 ±$13,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

5.4% ±3% (103  ±57.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisa County: 6.7% † 707 (±1.2% / ±130.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

88.2% ±7.5% (1,262  ±182.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisa County: 87.6% 6,573 (±4.3% / ±326.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
17.8% ±4.6% (254  ±72.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisa County: 16.5% † 1,235 (±2.1% / ±156.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

4.2% ±3.3% (81  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Louisa County: 8.1% 866
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.7% ±4% (156  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisa County: 6.5% † 543 (±1.4% / ±115)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
156 Total veterans ±66 150 Male ±65 6 Female ±7

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