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Dallas County, IA

115,343 Population
588.2 square miles 196.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,683 ±$4,133 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,334 ±$5,025 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.7% ±1.8% (6,483  ±2,039) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.2 minutes ±0.7 (995,610  ±41,335) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

46,373 ±1,027 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (114,713  ±9) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±2.9% (1,726  ±876) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,279 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$391,300 ±$20,543 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±2.8% (12,095  ±3,133.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.4% ±5.8% (72,567  ±4,511.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
54.1% ±4.3% (41,593  ±3,348.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.1% (12,845  ±2,631) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.4% ±0.8% (2,933  ±707) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,933 Total veterans ±707 2,890 Male ±688 43 Female ±63

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