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Palmer, IA

134 Population
0.4 square miles 316.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pocahontas County: 43.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,588 ±$14,131 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $34,057 ±$1,830
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,063 ±$8,592 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pocahontas County: $61,875 ±$4,553
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.1% ±24.4% (43  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Pocahontas County: 10.3% † 712 (±2.6% / ±176)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±6.7 (1,580  ±820) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pocahontas County: 20.7 † 62,490 (±2.2 / ±7,554)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

79 ±28 Number of households
  • Pocahontas County: 3,000 ±119
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0.9 (134  ±47) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.3 6,915 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

103 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Pocahontas County: 3,651 ±23
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$39,600 ±$13,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pocahontas County: $98,100 ±$9,440
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.5% ±11.6% (6  ±15.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Pocahontas County: 13.3% † 926 (±3.2% / ±223.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±13.4% (89  ±34.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pocahontas County: 90.6% 4,418 (±5% / ±247.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.5% ±22.1% (8  ±23.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pocahontas County: 18.7% † 910 (±2.4% / ±117.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.3% ±8.1% (16  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pocahontas County: 9% † 484 (±1.4% / ±75)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±11 14 Male ±10 2 Female ±3

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