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Emerson, IA

547 Population
0.3 square miles 2,146.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,238 ±$6,363 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $44,338 ±$562
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$47,426 ±$13,641 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $83,023 ±$977
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

16.3% ±9.4% (89  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 9.5% 90,658 (±0.4% / ±3,416)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

26.5 minutes ±5.7 (6,105  ±2,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 20.9 9,151,025 (±0.2 / ±103,722)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

233 ±49 Number of households
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 384,397 ±1,244
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (547  ±118) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 2.5 955,495 (±0 / ±182)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

3.3% ±5.6% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 5.6% 12,963 (±0.4% / ±922)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

271 ±57 Number of housing units
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 407,404 ±146
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$113,600 ±$17,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $248,100 ±$1,805
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

5.1% ±3.5% (28  ±20.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 13% 124,479 (±0.4% / ±3,810.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

84.1% ±23.5% (312  ±58.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 92.7% 595,040 (±0.8% / ±4,926.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
10.5% ±6% (39  ±23.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 39.1% 250,953 (±0.5% / ±3,063.2)
  • about one-third 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

2% ±1.4% (11  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 7.9% 76,847
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

12.6% ±3.8% (52  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 8.1% 58,119 (±0.2% / ±1,436)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
52 Total veterans ±19 51 Male ±18 1 Female ±3

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