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Palmer, IA

114 Population
0.4 square miles 269.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pocahontas County: 43.9 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,770 ±$17,828 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pocahontas County: $35,956 ±$1,911
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$60,625 ±$14,491 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pocahontas County: $63,423 ±$4,499
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

31.6% ±24.9% (36  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Pocahontas County: 8.7% † 599 (±2.1% / ±147)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

27 minutes ±13.4 (1,375  ±1,081) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pocahontas County: 19.9 61,550 (±1.9 / ±6,758)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

78 ±34 Number of households
  • Pocahontas County: 3,084 ±111
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
1.5 ±0.9 (114  ±47) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.2 6,908 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

106 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Pocahontas County: 3,658 ±19
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$36,500 ±$2,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pocahontas County: $93,300 ±$8,342
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

4.4% ±13.6% (5  ±15.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Pocahontas County: 13.6% † 948 (±3.2% / ±220.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

70.7% ±16.5% (65  ±30.8) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pocahontas County: 91.4% 4,460 (±4.8% / ±238.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
12% ±25.1% (11  ±23.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pocahontas County: 18.7% † 910 (±2.2% / ±105)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.8% ±2.5% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pocahontas County: 2.9% 203
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.6% ±4.9% (8  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pocahontas County: 8.5% † 459 (±1.3% / ±69)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
8 Total veterans ±6 7 Male ±5 1 Female ±3

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