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Rome township, Jones County, IA

1,324 Population
35.6 square miles 37.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jones County: 42.8 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,719 ±$3,747 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jones County: $36,193 ±$1,944
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,667 ±$19,793 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jones County: $73,531 ±$3,847
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.8% ±6.2% (182  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jones County: 12% † 2,353 (±2.5% / ±480)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35 minutes ±16.8 (17,170  ±5,712) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jones County: 24.7 209,975 (±1.3 / ±16,097)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

452 ±81 Number of households
  • Jones County: 8,198 ±187
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.6 (1,324  ±344) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jones County: 2.4 19,707 (±0.1 / ±68)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±2.1% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jones County: 7.8% † 310 (±2.3% / ±93)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

509 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Jones County: 8,889 ±47
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,800 ±$24,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jones County: $184,800 ±$7,460
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±9.4% (166  ±131.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jones County: 10.8% † 2,222 (±2.1% / ±435.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±23.2% (751  ±122.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jones County: 95.2% 14,422 (±4.1% / ±627.9)
  • 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)
12.1% ±4.7% (97  ±41.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jones County: 22% 3,339 (±2.1% / ±322.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-third 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

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Jones County: 1.6% 338
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.7% (57  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jones County: 8.5% † 1,418 (±1.2% / ±197)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
57 Total veterans ±31 55 Male ±30 2 Female ±4

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