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Calhoun County, IA

9,803 Population
569.8 square miles 17.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,315 ±$2,525 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,964 ±$5,720 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±1.5% (848  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±1.7 (87,940  ±7,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,993 ±153 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (9,114  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±3.1% (127  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,798 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$118,800 ±$6,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±2.1% (1,287  ±206.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±4.2% (6,516  ±294.6) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
21.8% ±2.1% (1,530  ±149.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1% (96  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1% (481  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
481 Total veterans ±78 465 Male ±79 16 Female ±10

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