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Oelwein, IA Urban Area

6,653 Population
4.8 square miles 1,375.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,592 ±$2,726 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,019 ±$11,042 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17% ±4.1% (1,103  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.7 minutes ±2.8 (50,870  ±8,553) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,872 ±177 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.2 (6,500  ±175) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.4% ±5.3% (127  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,353 ±203 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$92,600 ±$8,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16% ±4.5% (1,042  ±294.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91% ±6.7% (4,437  ±376) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.9% ±3% (726  ±150.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths 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

0.6% ±0.7% (42  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.7% ±2.6% (561  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
561 Total veterans ±137 515 Male ±127 46 Female ±40

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