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Tama, IA

3,073 Population
3 square miles 1,034.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tama County: 41 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$24,944 ±$2,633 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tama County: $33,046 ±$1,755
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
$59,129 ±$6,438 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tama County: $65,483 ±$3,299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395

21.3% ±7.2% (637  ±217) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tama County: 15.2% † 2,513 (±1.9% / ±320)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)

21.7 minutes ±3.8 (26,910  ±5,291) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tama County: 23 172,045 (±1.1 / ±10,214)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

1,068 ±83 Number of households
  • Tama County: 6,703 ±151
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
2.8 ±0.2 (3,011  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tama County: 2.5 16,652 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320

10.6% ±7.9% (72  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Tama County: 11.3% † 380 (±3.3% / ±111)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)

Housing

1,142 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Tama County: 7,589 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977

$97,200 ±$12,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tama County: $129,400 ±$6,771
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035

11.3% ±4.7% (343  ±,141.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tama County: 9.1% † 1,520 (±1.5% / ±,250.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)

Social

79.7% ±7.6% (1,481  ±,168.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tama County: 91% 10,552 (±3.2% / ±371)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
12.5% ±3.3% (233  ±63.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tama County: 18.3% 2,125 (±1.6% / ±,187.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)

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

19.4% ±3.8% (597  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Tama County: 5.3% 895
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537

8.2% ±2.6% (171  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Tama County: 8% † 1,032 (±0.9% / ±111)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
171 Total veterans ±55 163 Male ±55 8 Female ±11

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