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Census Tract 9603, Wapello, IA

4,712 Population
7.9 square miles 595.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottumwa: 36.7 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Wapello County: 39.2 ±0.9

Economics

$39,170 ±$3,825 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ottumwa: $30,586 ±$2,312
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wapello County: $33,358 ±$2,144
$78,827 ±$8,328 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ottumwa: $61,103 ±$4,338
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wapello County: $64,766 ±$4,224

7.1% ±5.4% (303  ±233) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ottumwa: 17.2% † 4,237 (±3.1% / ±753)
  • about half the rate in Wapello County: 15.8% † 5,464 (±2.6% / ±897)

20.9 minutes ±3.2 (38,670  ±8,465) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ottumwa: 17.8 195,775 (±1.5 / ±18,869)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wapello County: 20 301,615 (±1.7 / ±27,873)

Families

1,861 ±167 Number of households
  • Ottumwa: 9,980 ±279
  • Wapello County: 13,997 ±276
2.3 ±0.2 (4,328  ±500) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ottumwa: 2.5 24,648 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Wapello County: 2.5 34,482 (±0.1 / ±28)

11.5% ±10.1% (118  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ottumwa: 7.9% † 459 (±2.7% / ±160)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wapello County: 7.2% † 541 (±2% / ±155)

Housing

1,967 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Ottumwa: 11,395 ±192
  • Wapello County: 15,730 ±34

$160,600 ±$16,446 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ottumwa: $106,300 ±$8,909
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wapello County: $125,100 ±$7,732

9.4% ±3.8% (432  ±181.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ottumwa: 13.9% † 3,478 (±2.4% / ±598.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wapello County: 12.1% † 4,214 (±1.8% / ±610.7)

Social

93.4% ±7.2% (2,991  ±385.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ottumwa: 86.5% 14,473 (±4.5% / ±779.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wapello County: 88.6% 21,264 (±3.6% / ±869.1)
37.6% ±7.3% (1,203  ±264.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Ottumwa: 20.8% † 3,478 (±2.8% / ±468.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Wapello County: 19.6% † 4,708 (±2.1% / ±498.8)

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

6.6% ±3% (311  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Ottumwa: 13.5% † 3,442 (±1.5% / ±369)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wapello County: 9.9% 3,510

4.6% ±1.8% (176  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ottumwa: 4.6% † 885 (±1.2% / ±234)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wapello County: 5.4% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±229)
176 Total veterans ±68 161 Male ±64 15 Female ±17

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