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Atlantic, IA Urban Area

6,571 Population
4.5 square miles 1,465 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,422 ±$4,118 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,534 ±$7,394 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

24.5% ±6% (1,568  ±388) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

10.3 minutes ±1.9 (31,795  ±6,386) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,096 ±138 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.1 (6,398  ±127) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.1% ±3.2% (42  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,426 ±132 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$130,600 ±$16,203 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.1% ±5% (923  ±323.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.5% ±8% (4,331  ±397.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
24.1% ±4.6% (1,129  ±216.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.1% ±0.3% (8  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±2.4% (335  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
335 Total veterans ±122 299 Male ±113 36 Female ±34

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