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Shenandoah, IA Urban Area

4,899 Population
3 square miles 1,639.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,950 ±$6,141 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,068 ±$9,636 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±5.9% (1,001  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±2.5 (30,760  ±6,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,233 ±163 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,739  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±5.2% (51  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,493 ±171 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,600 ±$11,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±5.1% (709  ±246.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±8.2% (3,469  ±332.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±4.1% (674  ±153.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

2.4% ±1.7% (119  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.5% (320  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
320 Total veterans ±98 271 Male ±81 49 Female ±47

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