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Ackley, IA

1,482 Population
2.5 square miles 603.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hardin County: 45.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,191 ±$3,800 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardin County: $36,477 ±$2,257
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,583 ±$12,166 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardin County: $65,069 ±$4,846
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±3.6% (106  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardin County: 9.7% † 1,543 (±2% / ±326)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±3.5 (16,890  ±3,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardin County: 21.6 159,725 (±1.5 / ±13,477)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

683 ±87 Number of households
  • Hardin County: 7,038 ±178
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (1,431  ±175) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardin County: 2.3 15,974 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±3.8% (13  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hardin County: 3.6% † 118 (±1.5% / ±47)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

788 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Hardin County: 8,011 ±45
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,900 ±$14,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardin County: $122,500 ±$7,470
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±3.6% (126  ±54.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 9.6% † 1,583 (±1.8% / ±290.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±1.3% (1,050  ±121.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardin County: 93.1% 11,379 (±3.9% / ±472.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.9% ±4.2% (201  ±52.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 21.9% 2,683 (±2% / ±244.4)
  • 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

6.9% ±3.6% (102  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Hardin County: 3.6% 604
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.7% (68  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardin County: 6.4% † 860 (±0.9% / ±117)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
68 Total veterans ±23 68 Male ±23 N/A Female ±10

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