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Fort Dodge, IA Urban Area

24,715 Population
13.6 square miles 1,815.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,602 ±$2,420 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,318 ±$6,998 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±2.6% (3,480  ±574) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±2.4 (209,760  ±28,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,234 ±363 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (22,012  ±173) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2.2% (266  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,455 ±194 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,200 ±$11,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.6% ±2.6% (4,551  ±639.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.2% (14,821  ±737.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.4% ±2.3% (3,449  ±371.9) 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

4.1% ±1.2% (1,004  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1.2% (1,043  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,043 Total veterans ±237 909 Male ±199 134 Female ±104

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