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Harrison County, IA

14,632 Population
696.9 square miles 21 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.6 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

$39,351 ±$1,823 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,535 ±$3,655 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±1.6% (1,019  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±1 (171,540  ±9,294) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,089 ±124 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (14,373  ±9) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±1.9% (122  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,698 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,000 ±$10,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±1.4% (969  ±205.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±4% (9,579  ±405.3) 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)
22% ±1.9% (2,245  ±195.9) 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

0.8% (117  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • less than a 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

8.6% ±1% (970  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
970 Total veterans ±114 936 Male ±110 34 Female ±21

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