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Humboldt city, Humboldt County, IA

4,771 Population
4.7 square miles 1,025.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Humboldt County: 42.1 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,025 ±$6,447 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $41,763 ±$3,519
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,500 ±$8,531 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $71,946 ±$5,487
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±4.9% (740  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 12.9% † 1,218 (±2.8% / ±263)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±3.6 (31,770  ±7,262) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Humboldt County: 19.7 80,910 (±1.8 / ±8,606)
  • 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

2,026 ±101 Number of households
  • Humboldt County: 4,219 ±95
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (4,636  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Humboldt County: 2.2 9,456 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±5.4% (63  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Humboldt County: 8.3% † 159 (±3.8% / ±73)
  • 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

2,135 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Humboldt County: 4,603 ±51
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$173,600 ±$15,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Humboldt County: $155,800 ±$9,408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.9% ±6% (1,030  ±284.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Humboldt County: 12.7% † 1,202 (±3% / ±282.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±8% (3,072  ±283.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Humboldt County: 93.2% 6,200 (±5.1% / ±342.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±4.5% (808  ±149.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Humboldt County: 19.4% † 1,287 (±2.6% / ±170.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.7% ±1.8% (225  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Humboldt County: 4.4% 421
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.1% (231  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Humboldt County: 6.5% † 474 (±1.3% / ±97)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
231 Total veterans ±74 217 Male ±71 14 Female ±17

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