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Ackley, IA

1,554 Population
2.5 square miles 632.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardin County: 45.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,878 ±$3,792 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardin County: $33,765 ±$1,606
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$61,667 ±$9,065 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardin County: $64,906 ±$4,537
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

10.8% ±5.6% (160  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hardin County: 8.6% † 1,381 (±1.4% / ±218)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

22.6 minutes ±3.3 (16,295  ±3,564) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hardin County: 21.4 159,105 (±1.5 / ±13,136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

652 ±84 Number of households
  • Hardin County: 7,010 ±198
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.4 (1,501  ±191) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hardin County: 2.3 16,037 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.7% ±3.5% (18  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 4.6% † 151 (±1.5% / ±49)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

752 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Hardin County: 8,028 ±29
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$99,200 ±$9,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $113,000 ±$5,476
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6.8% ±3.2% (105  ±51.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 8.7% † 1,439 (±1.6% / ±258.1)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.3% ±2.6% (1,022  ±115.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 93.7% 11,442 (±4.1% / ±505.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21.6% ±4.3% (236  ±54) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 21.2% 2,588 (±2% / ±243.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

6.8% ±3.2% (106  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hardin County: 3.1% 511
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.4% ±2.5% (67  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardin County: 7.2% † 966 (±0.9% / ±127)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
67 Total veterans ±32 67 Male ±32 N/A Female ±10

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