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Iowa City city, Johnson County, IA

75,264 Population
25.8 square miles 2,921.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 30.8 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,123 ±$1,465 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $44,699 ±$1,694
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$57,533 ±$2,608 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Johnson County: $74,721 ±$2,849
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

26.3% ±1.5% (18,055  ±1,022) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Johnson County: 16.7% 24,608 (±1% / ±1,448)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17.8 minutes ±0.7 (661,095  ±33,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 19.7 1,441,995 (±0.7 / ±60,729)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

30,780 ±713 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 62,214 ±711
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.1 (68,739  ±233) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Johnson County: 2.4 147,060 (±0 / ±236)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.3% ±0.7% (568  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Johnson County: 3.7% † 1,647 (±0.8% / ±336)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

33,855 ±576 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 67,211 ±109
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$273,600 ±$6,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $293,100 ±$6,769
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

31.3% ±1.9% (23,328  ±1,447) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 23.5% 35,981 (±1.3% / ±2,007.2)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.8% ±3% (38,097  ±1,355.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Johnson County: 96.2% 88,829 (±2.3% / ±2,129.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
60.7% ±2.3% (23,878  ±1,016) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 54.6% 50,364 (±1.6% / ±1,517.8)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

12.2% ±1.1% (9,201  ±835) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 10.3% 15,875
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.5% ±0.5% (2,250  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Johnson County: 3.9% † 4,898 (±0.4% / ±525)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
2,250 Total veterans ±310 2,040 Male ±281 210 Female ±106

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