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Onawa city, Monona County, IA

2,839 Population
5.3 square miles 538.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monona County: 43.7 ±0.8
  • 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

$29,522 ±$3,266 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monona County: $35,795 ±$1,620
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,143 ±$15,539 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monona County: $68,377 ±$6,651
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±8.2% (446  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monona County: 10.6% † 888 (±3% / ±248)
  • about 1.5 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)

18.4 minutes ±3.5 (22,370  ±5,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monona County: 22.6 84,245 (±1.8 / ±8,037)
  • 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

1,256 ±95 Number of households
  • Monona County: 3,878 ±116
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,744  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monona County: 2.2 8,365 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±6% (43  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monona County: 8.6% † 141 (±2.4% / ±40)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,369 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Monona County: 4,372 ±43
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$145,800 ±$18,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Monona County: $142,900 ±$13,872
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±3.5% (214  ±98.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monona County: 6.8% † 575 (±1.6% / ±131)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±12.5% (1,672  ±248.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monona County: 92.5% 5,643 (±5.3% / ±327.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±6.2% (359  ±115.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monona County: 19.6% † 1,197 (±2.4% / ±145.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.7% ±4% (205  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Monona County: 9.8% † 645 (±1.8% / ±120)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
205 Total veterans ±85 205 Male ±85 N/A Female ±10

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