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Atlantic, IA

6,773 Population
8.3 square miles 817.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cass County: 44 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,047 ±$4,069 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cass County: $36,881 ±$2,300
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$57,486 ±$7,502 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cass County: $61,657 ±$5,357
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

23.8% ±5.9% (1,568  ±388) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cass County: 17.4% † 2,243 (±3.2% / ±407)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

10.1 minutes ±1.8 (32,695  ±6,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cass County: 15.6 92,955 (±1.2 / ±8,889)
  • about half the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,163 ±133 Number of households
  • Cass County: 5,789 ±147
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.1 (6,600  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cass County: 2.2 12,874 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

3% ±3.1% (42  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cass County: 3.6% † 91 (±1.9% / ±49)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,493 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 6,397 ±29
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$134,900 ±$17,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cass County: $133,300 ±$11,541
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

14.7% ±4.6% (988  ±312.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 10.1% † 1,315 (±2.4% / ±312.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

92.7% ±8% (4,461  ±404.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 93% 8,561 (±4.9% / ±461.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
24.1% ±4.5% (1,160  ±219.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cass County: 21.6% † 1,985 (±2.6% / ±240.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.1% ±0.3% (8  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cass County: 0.4% 49
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.6% ±2.4% (350  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 6.6% † 660 (±1.3% / ±132)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
350 Total veterans ±129 314 Male ±120 36 Female ±34

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