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Madison County, IA

16,926 Population
561 square miles 30.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,167 ±$1,897 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,855 ±$10,483 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±1.7% (1,178  ±289) 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)

28.7 minutes ±2.6 (207,180  ±21,634) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,696 ±151 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (16,762  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±2.7% (246  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,100 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$245,100 ±$12,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±2.8% (1,813  ±463.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±5.1% (11,077  ±591.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.2% ±2.5% (3,113  ±289.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.8% (301  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.3% (863  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
863 Total veterans ±167 839 Male ±167 24 Female ±21

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