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Congressional District 3, IA

821,239 Population
10,673 square miles 76.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,441 ±$1,394 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$77,054 ±$2,784 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.4% ±1% (92,000  ±7,745) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.5 minutes ±0.4 (7,632,375  ±218,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 20 29,172,684 (±0.2 / ±446,587)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

338,434 ±3,427 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (807,098  ±2,658) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 † 3,109,409 (±,415.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±0.9% (10,317  ±1,776) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

366,368 ±1,018 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$248,300 ±$5,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.9% ±1.2% (113,086  ±9,373) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.6% ±1.9% (506,914  ±10,513.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
37% ±1.2% (204,505  ±6,717.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

11.8% ±0.4% (88,367  ±2,617.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 8.7% 262,147 (±0.2% / ±4,760.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

8.5% ±0.6% (69,779  ±5,272) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% † 188,605 (±1,018.8% / ±8,046)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6% ±0.6% (37,252  ±3,614) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
37,252 Total veterans ±3,614 33,624 Male ±3,210 3,628 Female ±1,111

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