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Census Tract 2906, Tama, IA

2,311 Population
233.9 square miles 9.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Chelsea: 31.6 † ±7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tama County: 41.5 ±0.9

Economics

$35,020 ±$2,731 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Chelsea: $22,694 † ±$6,953
  • about the same as the amount in Tama County: $34,186 ±$1,458
$71,250 ±$11,342 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Chelsea: $40,313 † ±$13,061
  • about the same as the amount in Tama County: $70,781 ±$3,087

12% ±3.4% (278  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Chelsea: 25.3% † 102 (±13% / ±63)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tama County: 14.8% † 2,440 (±2.4% / ±387)

27.9 minutes ±3.4 (26,055  ±5,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chelsea: 32.8 4,200 (±2.8 / ±2,018)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tama County: 22.7 163,895 (±1.1 / ±10,087)

Families

953 ±112 Number of households
  • Chelsea: 109 † ±36
  • Tama County: 6,720 ±173
2.4 ±0.4 (2,311  ±233) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Chelsea: 3.7 404 (±0.4 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Tama County: 2.5 16,513 (±0.1 / ±26)

27.2% ±19.1% (97  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chelsea: 17% † 10 (±20.5% / ±13)
  • more than double the rate in Tama County: 10% † 326 (±3.2% / ±103)

Housing

1,123 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Chelsea: 131 † ±38
  • Tama County: 7,595 ±42

$157,900 ±$35,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Chelsea: $43,500 † ±$5,725
  • a little higher than the amount in Tama County: $148,600 ±$9,729

4.6% ±2.4% (102  ±54.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chelsea: 9.4% † 38 (±9.8% / ±41.9)
  • about half the rate in Tama County: 9.1% † 1,521 (±1.6% / ±272.7)

Social

89.6% ±4% (1,523  ±175.9) High school grad or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chelsea: 54.4% † 124 (±13.5% / ±50.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Tama County: 91.5% 10,576 (±3.6% / ±414.9)
10.7% ±3.3% (182  ±58.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chelsea: 6.6% † 15 (±11.2% / ±25.9)
  • about half the rate in Tama County: 20.5% 2,369 (±1.7% / ±199)

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

4% ±2.4% (92  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chelsea: 21% † 85 (±11.5% / ±55)
  • about the same as the rate in Tama County: 4.1% 685

7% ±3.9% (124  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chelsea: 4.7% † 11 (±4% / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tama County: 7.9% † 1,018 (±1% / ±122)
124 Total veterans ±70 103 Male ±64 21 Female ±15

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