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52531

6,036 Population
223 square miles 27.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 39.2 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$35,685 ±$2,517 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $33,358 ±$2,144
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$73,896 ±$8,835 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $64,766 ±$4,224
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

9.5% ±3.7% (561  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15.8% † 5,464 (±2.6% / ±897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

27.3 minutes ±3.4 (71,160  ±11,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 20 301,615 (±1.7 / ±27,873)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

2,457 ±166 Number of households
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 13,997 ±276
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.2 (5,876  ±298) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 2.5 34,482 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

6% ±4.9% (73  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 7.2% † 541 (±2% / ±155)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

2,780 ±142 Number of housing units
  • the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 15,730 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$162,100 ±$18,413 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: $125,100 ±$7,732
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

10.8% ±4.4% (646  ±265.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 12.1% † 4,214 (±1.8% / ±610.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

95.8% ±8.5% (3,999  ±406.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 88.6% 21,264 (±3.6% / ±869.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
23.2% ±4.6% (967  ±197.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 19.6% † 4,708 (±2.1% / ±498.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.9% ±0.5% (54  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 9.9% 3,510
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

4.3% ±1.4% (194  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottumwa, IA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
194 Total veterans ±65 165 Male ±55 29 Female ±33

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