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Waverly, IA Urban Area

8,621 Population
5.6 square miles 1,543.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,967 ±$9,527 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,909 ±$9,006 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±3.1% (745  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±1.8 (69,320  ±9,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,230 ±181 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,244  ±482) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.1% (67  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,485 ±174 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,900 ±$15,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.8% ±4.5% (1,701  ±394.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±4.4% (4,880  ±371.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.1% ±4.2% (2,209  ±251) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

2.7% ±1% (235  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.1% (383  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
383 Total veterans ±79 357 Male ±81 26 Female ±19

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