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Scott County, IA

175,601 Population
458.1 square miles 383.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,591 ±$2,113 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,355 ±$6,179 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.3% ±2.5% (19,416  ±4,313) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,561,250  ±62,142) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

73,767 ±1,396 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (172,144  ±90) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±1.3% (1,176  ±505) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

79,244 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$239,900 ±$12,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.2% ±2.9% (24,744  ±5,033.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±4.2% (113,096  ±5,220.9) 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)
37% ±2.9% (44,908  ±3,480.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about the same as 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

6.2% (10,914  ±3,183) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.9% ±1.2% (10,665  ±1,619) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,665 Total veterans ±1,619 9,866 Male ±1,483 799 Female ±449

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