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Goldfield, IA

613 Population
1.2 square miles 521.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wright County: 39.4 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,562 ±$8,695 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wright County: $39,059 ±$2,898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,092 ±$10,024 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wright County: $67,190 ±$5,843
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±6.2% (84  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wright County: 16.8% † 2,116 (±3.3% / ±421)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±4.1 (5,660  ±1,769) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wright County: 20.2 106,665 (±1.9 / ±10,986)
  • 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

259 ±44 Number of households
  • Wright County: 5,353 ±190
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (613  ±114) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wright County: 2.4 12,593 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wright County: 6.9% † 174 (±2.5% / ±62)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

305 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Wright County: 6,278 ±30
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,000 ±$24,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wright County: $119,600 ±$6,832
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±4.8% (41  ±30.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wright County: 10.2% † 1,287 (±3.2% / ±399.1)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±23.4% (397  ±72.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wright County: 91.7% 7,853 (±5.2% / ±459.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.5% ±9.5% (112  ±46.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wright County: 24.9% † 2,132 (±2.9% / ±248.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.7% ±0.8% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wright County: 6.5% 837
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±2.7% (18  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wright County: 8.2% † 776 (±1.4% / ±128)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
18 Total veterans ±14 18 Male ±14 N/A Female ±10

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