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Essex, IA

875 Population
1.6 square miles 535.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Page County: 45 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,671 ±$8,672 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Page County: $32,567 ±$2,486
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$57,344 ±$4,943 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Page County: $57,752 ±$3,934
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

9.6% ±3.7% (83  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Page County: 13.4% † 1,887 (±2% / ±284)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19.9 minutes ±0.9 (7,955  ±2,463) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Page County: 19.2 † 118,190 (±2 / ±13,379)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

394 ±79 Number of households
  • Page County: 6,161 ±198
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.3 (875  ±209) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Page County: 2.3 14,015 (±0.1 / ±169)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

1.4% ±2.8% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Page County: 3.8% † 100 (±2.1% / ±56)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

416 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Page County: 6,996 ±80
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$87,700 ±$23,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Page County: $120,000 ±$7,460
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

16.4% ±6.7% (142  ±67) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Page County: 16.2% † 2,428 (±2.5% / ±379.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

91.5% ±22.5% (583  ±97) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Page County: 93.2% 10,537 (±4.2% / ±489.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
16.3% ±6.5% (104  ±45.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Page County: 18.8% † 2,127 (±2% / ±232.3)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±2.2% (19  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Page County: 1.7% 264
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.1% ±3.1% (57  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Page County: 9.2% † 1,130 (±1.2% / ±147)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
57 Total veterans ±25 55 Male ±25 2 Female ±3

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