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Arthur, IA

252 Population
0.1 square miles 1,719.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±23.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ida County: 42 ±0.8
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,319 ±$5,661 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ida County: $38,356 ±$2,489
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,711 ±$1,077 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ida County: $63,073 † ±$6,791
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.2% ±12% (61  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ida County: 11.3% † 762 (±2.5% / ±167)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±5.9 (3,720  ±1,669) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ida County: 16.1 49,685 (±1.2 / ±4,884)
  • about 20 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

121 ±33 Number of households
  • Ida County: 3,050 ±109
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (252  ±72) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ida County: 2.2 6,757 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • 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

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

Housing

131 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Ida County: 3,369 ±28
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$50,000 ±$27,573 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Ida County: $108,900 ±$10,654
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

28.3% ±15.4% (70  ±43) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ida County: 11.5% † 787 (±2.2% / ±149.7)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.2% ±6.6% (129  ±39.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ida County: 94.5% 4,448 (±5.4% / ±257.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.3% ±15% (29  ±21.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ida County: 21.6% † 1,016 (±2.4% / ±113.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.4% ±4.9% (15  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ida County: 7.3% † 381 (±1.3% / ±70)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15 Total veterans ±11 14 Male ±11 1 Female ±2

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