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Johnson County, IA

160,080 Population
613 square miles 261.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,841 ±$2,924 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,575 ±$5,593 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.4% ±2.4% (27,915  ±3,627) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.5 minutes ±0.8 (1,439,165  ±89,590) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

66,816 ±1,598 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (151,301  ±483) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±1.4% (1,647  ±613) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

70,516 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$329,500 ±$13,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20% ±2.7% (31,779  ±4,266.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.4% ±4.7% (94,605  ±4,815.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
55.7% ±3.3% (55,284  ±3,330) 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

10.2% (16,242  ±2,935) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±0.8% (5,360  ±1,069) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,360 Total veterans ±1,069 4,666 Male ±971 694 Female ±359

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