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Fort Madison, IA

10,133 Population
9.7 square miles 1,049.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 43.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$29,507 ±$1,935 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: $34,999 ±$1,338
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$50,705 ±$5,175 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: $62,382 ±$3,274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

15% ±3.8% (1,400  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 13.1% † 4,130 (±1.7% / ±535)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

23.1 minutes ±3.6 (92,360  ±16,394) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 20.4 277,270 (±1.3 / ±21,038)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

4,548 ±215 Number of households
  • the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 14,323 ±210
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.1 ±0.1 (9,340  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 2.2 31,705 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

6.2% ±3.4% (126  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 9.8% † 618 (±2.4% / ±153)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

5,030 ±221 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 15,794 ±37
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$94,200 ±$9,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: $141,400 ±$10,936
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

14.4% ±3.6% (1,439  ±358.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 11.4% † 3,681 (±1.9% / ±604.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

90.7% ±6.3% (6,525  ±511.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 92.5% 21,845 (±3.6% / ±846.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
18.5% ±3.5% (1,332  ±255.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 21.7% 5,123 (±1.9% / ±453.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

2.3% ±1.3% (235  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 1.9% 634
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

7.5% ±1.7% (612  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Madison, IA Micro Area: 8.8% † 2,270 (±0.9% / ±241)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
612 Total veterans ±143 567 Male ±130 45 Female ±36

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