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Laurens, IA

1,234 Population
0.8 square miles 1,630.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pocahontas County: 43.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,070 ±$4,658 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pocahontas County: $35,956 ±$1,911
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$56,354 ±$11,031 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pocahontas County: $63,423 ±$4,499
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

12.7% ±8% (153  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pocahontas County: 8.7% † 599 (±2.1% / ±147)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20.3 minutes ±5.8 (12,340  ±4,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pocahontas County: 19.9 61,550 (±1.9 / ±6,758)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

537 ±82 Number of households
  • Pocahontas County: 3,084 ±111
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.5 (1,204  ±170) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.2 6,908 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.2% ±4.1% (11  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 5% † 62 (±2.2% / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

634 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Pocahontas County: 3,658 ±19
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$71,000 ±$22,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pocahontas County: $93,300 ±$8,342
  • about one-third of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

15.8% ±7.3% (192  ±92.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 13.6% † 948 (±3.2% / ±220.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

89.9% ±17.7% (830  ±111.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 91.4% 4,460 (±4.8% / ±238.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
14.3% ±4.5% (132  ±45.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pocahontas County: 18.7% † 910 (±2.2% / ±105)
  • 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

2.9% ±1.5% (36  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 2.9% 203
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

10.6% ±3.6% (108  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 8.5% † 459 (±1.3% / ±69)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
108 Total veterans ±39 96 Male ±37 12 Female ±9

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