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Census Tract 9603, Howard, IA

2,807 Population
244.1 square miles 11.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester: 34.4 † ±9.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Howard County: 39.2 ±0.8

Economics

$34,165 ±$4,800 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chester: $35,214 † ±$9,174
  • a little less than the amount in Howard County: $35,150 † ±$3,855
$66,000 ±$14,346 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chester: $63,438 † ±$39,728
  • about the same as the amount in Howard County: $67,446 † ±$7,862

8.2% ±3.1% (227  ±87) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester: 9.3% † 14 (±6.4% / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Howard County: 8.9% † 828 (±2.4% / ±222)

28.3 minutes ±5 (34,750  ±7,559) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester: 31.8 † 2,635 (±11.5 / ±1,546)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Howard County: 23.2 † 95,375 (±2.4 / ±11,046)

Families

1,082 ±100 Number of households
  • Chester: 65 † ±22
  • Howard County: 3,773 ±182
2.6 ±0.3 (2,774  ±208) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester: 2.3 † 150 (±0.4 / ±57)
  • a little higher than the figure in Howard County: 2.5 9,262 (±0.1 / ±13)

13.2% ±6.6% (87  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester: 15% † 6 (±21.2% / ±9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Howard County: 9.3% † 173 (±3.1% / ±58)

Housing

1,223 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Chester: 78 † ±26
  • Howard County: 4,320 ±20

$171,500 ±$37,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chester: $120,800 † ±$88,364
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $147,800 † ±$14,899

7.4% ±3.8% (203  ±105.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Chester: 2.7% † 4 (±12.4% / ±18.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Howard County: 9.9% † 918 (±3.2% / ±293.9)

Social

89% ±5% (1,500  ±146.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester: 88.9% † 88 (±19.4% / ±36.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Howard County: 92.5% 5,841 (±5.1% / ±327.2)
16.1% ±3.6% (271  ±64.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester: 22.2% † 22 (±28.2% / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Howard County: 19.5% † 1,233 (±2.6% / ±166.8)

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

1.7% ±1.1% (47  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chester: 8% † 12 (±11.6% / ±18)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Howard County: 2.3% 219

4.4% ±1.6% (90  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • Chester: 0%
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Howard County: 6.5% † 456 (±1.4% / ±98)
90 Total veterans ±33 78 Male ±31 12 Female ±14

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