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Roland, IA

1,559 Population
1.2 square miles 1,331.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 29.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,091 ±$6,235 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $39,347 ±$1,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,028 ±$19,112 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $73,127 ±$2,402
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.2% ±0.7% (18  ±12) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.5% 17,602 (±1.1% / ±1,226)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±8.6 (18,320  ±4,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,121,515 (±0.5 / ±38,591)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

703 ±149 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,840 ±566
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,559  ±343) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 113,888 (±0 / ±140)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±2.8% (12  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,123 (±0.6% / ±210)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

741 ±144 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,928 ±92
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,900 ±$36,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $246,300 ±$5,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±9.1% (197  ±147.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.3% 30,624 (±1.3% / ±1,623.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±24.1% (1,074  ±184.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.8% 69,929 (±2.4% / ±1,737.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.8% ±4.4% (339  ±77.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 47.9% 34,602 (±1.6% / ±1,171.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.5% ±0.5% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 7.1% 9,037
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±3.7% (88  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.3% 4,555 (±0.4% / ±406)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
88 Total veterans ±46 80 Male ±44 8 Female ±9

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