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Atlantic, IA Urban Area

6,608 Population
4.5 square miles 1,473.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,514 ±$4,338 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,250 ±$4,997 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±4.4% (1,144  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.9 minutes ±1.5 (33,475  ±5,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,204 ±102 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (6,447  ±122) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3.9% (64  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,520 ±133 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,700 ±$14,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±3.1% (801  ±204.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±7.8% (4,556  ±406.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±3.9% (1,092  ±192.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.7% (44  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±2.3% (321  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
321 Total veterans ±124 297 Male ±120 24 Female ±26

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