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Humboldt city, Humboldt County, IA

4,761 Population
4.7 square miles 1,023.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Humboldt County: 41.8 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,293 ±$4,639 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Humboldt County: $38,775 ±$2,782
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$70,661 ±$6,310 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $66,994 ±$6,321
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.6% ±4.4% (678  ±206) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 13.7% † 1,294 (±2.7% / ±259)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

16.4 minutes ±3.1 (29,535  ±6,222) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Humboldt County: 19.4 79,515 (±1.9 / ±8,780)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,115 ±90 Number of households
  • Humboldt County: 4,236 ±88
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.1 (4,634  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Humboldt County: 2.2 9,446 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.2% ±5% (47  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Humboldt County: 8.9% † 170 (±4% / ±77)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,214 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Humboldt County: 4,600 ±64
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$162,600 ±$15,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $146,900 ±$12,697
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

20.6% ±6.5% (969  ±305.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Humboldt County: 13.8% † 1,310 (±3.4% / ±320.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.1% ±8.4% (3,160  ±296.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Humboldt County: 93.6% 6,222 (±5.2% / ±348.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
23.6% ±4.3% (783  ±145.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 19.3% † 1,281 (±2.5% / ±164.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±2.5% (141  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Humboldt County: 4% 386
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.3% ±2.3% (301  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 7.2% † 525 (±1.3% / ±91)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
301 Total veterans ±84 272 Male ±82 29 Female ±21

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