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Mediapolis, IA

1,928 Population
1.2 square miles 1,606.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 43.1 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,687 ±$3,468 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: $35,284 ±$1,312
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,543 ±$13,851 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: $62,811 ±$2,925
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.7% ±3.9% (182  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 13% † 5,700 (±1.6% / ±691)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±4.2 (20,575  ±5,909) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 19 378,885 (±1.1 / ±24,603)
  • 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

732 ±137 Number of households
  • the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 19,882 ±339
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.7 (1,863  ±347) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 2.2 43,944 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±4.2% (35  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 4.9% † 451 (±1.7% / ±161)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

774 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 22,168 ±41
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$179,700 ±$17,313 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: $131,000 ±$6,894
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±6.5% (256  ±129.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 11.3% † 5,012 (±1.6% / ±728.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±20.3% (1,206  ±152.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 93.3% 29,608 (±2.9% / ±953.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.6% ±5.7% (454  ±107.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 23.4% 7,409 (±1.5% / ±474)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about the same as 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

2.3% ±3% (45  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 2.1% 936
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3% (106  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,900 (±1% / ±361)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
106 Total veterans ±44 103 Male ±43 3 Female ±5

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