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Mount Ayr, IA

1,739 Population
2.7 square miles 644.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ringgold County: 44.6 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,414 ±$4,258 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ringgold County: $37,108 ±$3,675
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$68,676 ±$17,877 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ringgold County: $69,821 † ±$7,454
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.6% ±3.3% (126  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ringgold County: 9% † 403 (±3.1% / ±138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

22.3 minutes ±6.2 (16,135  ±5,282) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ringgold County: 23.6 † 48,435 (±2.9 / ±6,803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

688 ±80 Number of households
  • Ringgold County: 1,869 ±111
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.2 (1,661  ±218) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ringgold County: 2.4 4,471 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

8.5% ±4.5% (26  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ringgold County: 5.5% † 48 (±2.5% / ±22)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

821 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Ringgold County: 2,676 ±19
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$144,500 ±$32,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ringgold County: $150,300 † ±$18,911
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

11.5% ±4.1% (197  ±74.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ringgold County: 11.7% † 538 (±3% / ±140.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.8% ±4.7% (1,075  ±131.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ringgold County: 93.4% 3,022 (±6.5% / ±215.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
25% ±4.6% (287  ±62.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ringgold County: 25.2% † 816 (±3.2% / ±103.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

1.7% ±1.4% (30  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ringgold County: 0.7% 33
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6% ±2.3% (77  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ringgold County: 5.8% † 206 (±1.3% / ±45)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
77 Total veterans ±30 74 Male ±30 3 Female ±4

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