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Pocahontas, IA

1,763 Population
2 square miles 892.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pocahontas County: 43.7 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,273 ±$3,746 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $34,057 ±$1,830
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,574 ±$12,348 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $61,875 ±$4,553
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±5.2% (149  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pocahontas County: 10.3% † 712 (±2.6% / ±176)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.1 minutes ±4 (11,170  ±3,666) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pocahontas County: 20.7 † 62,490 (±2.2 / ±7,554)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

790 ±74 Number of households
  • Pocahontas County: 3,000 ±119
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,717  ±152) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.3 6,915 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±5.2% (23  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pocahontas County: 6.9% † 89 (±2.9% / ±37)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

889 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Pocahontas County: 3,651 ±23
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,100 ±$14,041 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $98,100 ±$9,440
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±2.8% (129  ±50.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pocahontas County: 13.3% † 926 (±3.2% / ±223.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±8.3% (1,122  ±142.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 90.6% 4,418 (±5% / ±247.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19% ±5.2% (235  ±66.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 18.7% † 910 (±2.4% / ±117.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about half 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

1% ±1.1% (18  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Pocahontas County: 3.2% 222
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.2% ±3.3% (142  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 9% † 484 (±1.4% / ±75)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±48 136 Male ±48 6 Female ±9

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