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Marshall, Benton, Poweshiek, Tama & Iowa Counties PUMA, IA

117,806 Population
3,181 square miles 37 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,456 ±$1,638 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,114 ±$3,883 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.4% ±2.1% (11,864  ±2,430) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.5 minutes ±0.6 (1,130,645  ±38,151) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

48,062 ±1,030 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (113,985  ±91) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±1.9% (1,203  ±479) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

52,286 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$184,600 ±$10,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.2% ±1.6% (11,933  ±1,907.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±3.9% (73,097  ±3,319.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.7% ±2% (16,786  ±1,634.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

11.7% ±0.6% (13,064  ±682.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 9.1% 276,143 (±0.2% / ±5,110.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.6% (7,826  ±1,172) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.9% ±0.9% (6,216  ±853) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,216 Total veterans ±853 5,922 Male ±843 294 Female ±138

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