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Oelwein, IA Urban Area

6,728 Population
4.8 square miles 1,391.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,559 ±$3,479 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,750 ±$9,525 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±4.4% (1,158  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±3.1 (55,570  ±9,353) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,965 ±192 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,583  ±239) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.3% ±6.3% (138  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,346 ±212 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,700 ±$10,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±4.2% (961  ±282.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±7% (4,301  ±397.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±3.4% (754  ±164.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-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

0.6% ±0.6% (39  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±2.5% (573  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
573 Total veterans ±129 541 Male ±127 32 Female ±23

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