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Southwest Iowa--Council Bluffs City PUMA, IA

170,219 Population
4,843.5 square miles 35.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±0.9 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

$37,562 ±$1,552 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
$74,144 ±$3,377 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±2.5% (22,012  ±4,176) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.7 minutes ±1 (1,584,285  ±104,425) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

69,856 ±1,582 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (166,877  ±2,923) 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

3.4% ±1.4% (1,180  ±487) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

76,562 ±1,161 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$214,700 ±$9,094 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.3% ±1.3% (12,374  ±2,156.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.6% ±3% (110,254  ±4,122.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.5% ±1.8% (27,997  ±2,207.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.6% ±0.4% (7,495  ±703.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 9.1% 276,143 (±0.2% / ±5,110.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3% ±0.5% (5,083  ±909) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.9% ±0.9% (11,805  ±1,208) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,805 Total veterans ±1,208 11,273 Male ±1,196 532 Female ±258

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