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Alta Vista, IA

194 Population
0.8 square miles 258.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±18.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chickasaw County: 43.1 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,798 ±$39,850 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $38,184 ±$2,403
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,500 ±$10,048 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chickasaw County: $75,675 ±$4,902
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±41.6% (25  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 8.8% † 1,022 (±2.6% / ±296)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.4 minutes ±45.3 (3,465  ±1,686) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Chickasaw County: 19.4 105,265 (±1.4 / ±9,116)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

100 ±40 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 4,997 ±396
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.9 (194  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.3 11,626 (±0.2 / ±8)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

106 ±41 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 5,542 ±344
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,200 ±$22,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Chickasaw County: $182,600 ±$18,153
  • about one-third of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±6.5% (16  ±15.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chickasaw County: 7.2% † 839 (±2.9% / ±332.7)
  • 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

81.3% ±66.5% (130  ±52.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chickasaw County: 93.7% 7,658 (±5.6% / ±458.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.4% ±16.1% (7  ±26.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chickasaw County: 21.2% † 1,731 (±2.6% / ±209.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 10 percent of 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

14.4% ±58.1% (28  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chickasaw County: 3% 351
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.3% (8  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chickasaw County: 5.7% † 514 (±1.2% / ±112)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
8 Total veterans ±6 8 Male ±6 N/A Female ±10

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