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Woodbury County, IA

107,257 Population
872.9 square miles 122.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,701 ±$3,314 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,923 ±$5,081 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.7% ±3.4% (14,266  ±3,544) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.1 minutes ±0.8 (884,085  ±43,489) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

40,764 ±1,077 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (104,385  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent 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

8% ±2.6% (2,030  ±664) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,701 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$198,600 ±$13,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.2% ±1.6% (6,535  ±1,734.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.8% ±5.7% (59,850  ±4,050.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.6% ±3.2% (18,786  ±2,238.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about three-quarters of 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

11.5% (12,372  ±1,629) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.4% (4,937  ±1,110) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,937 Total veterans ±1,110 4,642 Male ±1,087 295 Female ±221

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