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Rockwell City, IA

2,449 Population
4.2 square miles 581.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calhoun County: 42.7 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,800 ±$3,087 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Calhoun County: $36,086 ±$2,079
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$61,563 ±$14,195 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $66,875 ±$4,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.5% ±2.6% (144  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 8.6% † 791 (±1.5% / ±134)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20.8 minutes ±2.7 (15,400  ±2,979) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Calhoun County: 21.5 85,150 (±1.1 / ±5,800)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

790 ±92 Number of households
  • Calhoun County: 3,886 ±143
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.4 (1,898  ±215) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Calhoun County: 2.4 9,151 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.5% ±2.2% (10  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Calhoun County: 8.2% † 143 (±3.3% / ±58)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

876 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Calhoun County: 4,794 ±29
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$91,300 ±$9,481 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $114,400 ±$7,443
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

23.6% ±4.7% (578  ±125.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Calhoun County: 12.8% † 1,241 (±2.1% / ±201.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

90% ±4.8% (1,668  ±153.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Calhoun County: 93.7% 6,618 (±4% / ±286.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
14% ±2.6% (260  ±52.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Calhoun County: 21.5% 1,518 (±2.1% / ±148)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (12  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Calhoun County: 0.7% 71
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.8% ±2.1% (133  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 7.5% † 574 (±1.1% / ±81)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
133 Total veterans ±42 128 Male ±41 5 Female ±6

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