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52501

30,371 Population
225.3 square miles 134.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,047 ±$2,034 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $33,358 ±$2,144
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$63,426 ±$4,609 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $64,766 ±$4,224
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

16.5% ±3% (4,868  ±879) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15.8% † 5,464 (±2.6% / ±897)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

19.1 minutes ±1.9 (249,235  ±27,080) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 20 301,615 (±1.7 / ±27,873)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

11,976 ±305 Number of households
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 13,997 ±276
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.5 ±0.1 (29,503  ±429) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 2.5 34,482 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

7.5% ±2.3% (496  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 7.2% † 541 (±2% / ±155)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

13,570 ±197 Number of housing units
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15,730 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$122,700 ±$8,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $125,100 ±$7,732
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

13% ±2.1% (3,896  ±614.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 12.1% † 4,214 (±1.8% / ±610.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

87.7% ±3.9% (17,992  ±844.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 88.6% 21,264 (±3.6% / ±869.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
20.6% ±2.4% (4,214  ±490.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.6% † 4,708 (±2.1% / ±498.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.5% ±1.2% (3,502  ±378) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 9.9% 3,510
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

5.1% ±1% (1,180  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,180 Total veterans ±232 1,099 Male ±220 81 Female ±55

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