Wapello County, Iowa (IA)

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• • 27,79777.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,25211.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,3583.8%Two or more races
  • 1,0633.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0242.8%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 4721.3%Asian alone
  • 160.04%Some other race alone
  • 30.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $161,992

Here:	$161,992
State:	$245,224

Townhouses or other attached units: $156,104

Here:	$156,104
State:	$238,767

In 2-unit structures: $152,711

Here:	$152,711
State:	$243,070

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $135,836

Here:	$135,836
State:	$190,519

Mobile homes: $179,937

Here:	$179,937
State:	$51,271

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 20
• Burglaries: 23
• Thefts: 44
• Auto thefts: 6

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 23
• Burglaries: 51
• Thefts: 38
• Auto thefts: 7

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,824 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,898 (1.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wapello County is $414 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $546 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $651 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ottumwa, Eldon, Agency, Blakesburg, Kirkville, Chillicothe.

Neighboring counties: Adams County , Appanoose County , Davis County , Lorain County, Ohio , Monroe County , Ringgold County , Warren County .

Current college students: 1,607
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,194 (42.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,6002010 or later
• 8022000 to 2009
• 3821990 to 1999
• 1601980 to 1989
• 1051970 to 1979
• 85Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 12,577
• One, attached: 191
• Two: 322
• 3 or 4: 549
• 5 to 9: 630
• 10 to 19: 425
• 20 to 49: 274
• 50 or more: 311
• Mobile homes: 628

Housing units in Wapello County with a mortgage: 4,957 (422 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 322 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55

Religion statistics for Wapello County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Wapello County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Iowa Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: March 17, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4483-IA: March 23, 2020, FEMA Id: 4483, Natural disaster type: Other
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2013 to June 15, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4126: July 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4126, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 17, 2013 to April 30, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4119: May 31, 2013, FEMA Id: 4119, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Iowa Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 01, 2010 to August 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1930: July 29, 2010, FEMA Id: 1930, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1763: May 27, 2008, FEMA Id: 1763, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 10, 2007 to December 11, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1737: January 04, 2008, FEMA Id: 1737, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Iowa Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 17, 2007 to September 05, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1727: September 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1727, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Iowa Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: February 23, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1688: March 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1688, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Iowa Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3239: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3239, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2004 to June 24, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1518: May 25, 2004, FEMA Id: 1518, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.64% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($40,145 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.39% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($20,685 average AGI)
3.25% relocated from other states ($19,460 average AGI)

Wapello County:	3.25%
Iowa average:	2.75%

from Mahaska County, IA	0.48% ($48,317 average AGI)
from Jefferson County, IA	0.37% ($41,959)
from Davis County, IA	0.35% ($33,348)
from Polk County, IA	0.31% ($36,927)
from Keokuk County, IA	0.23% ($49,258)
from Monroe County, IA	0.20% ($35,444)
from Buchanan County, MO	0.20% ($30,346)

6.95% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($43,671 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.23% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($25,675 average AGI)
2.72% relocated to other states ($17,996 average AGI)

Wapello County:	2.72%
Iowa average:	2.79%

to Polk County, IA	0.60% ($34,800 average AGI)
to Mahaska County, IA	0.57% ($34,658)
to Davis County, IA	0.37% ($38,163)
to Jefferson County, IA	0.35% ($31,174)
to Keokuk County, IA	0.20% ($56,500)
to Johnson County, IA	0.19% ($36,080)
to Linn County, IA	0.17% ($35,087)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Wapello County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,028 (2,166 living alone), Female householders: 7,616 (2,147 living alone)

• 6,635 spouses (6,612 opposite-sex spouses), 1,216 unmarried partners, (1,211 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,279 children (8,598 natural, 117 adopted, 572 stepchildren), 893 grandchildren, 221 brothers or sisters, 405 parents, 9 foster children, 288 other relatives, 875 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 828

Size of family households: 4,656 2-persons, 1,924 3-persons, 1,514 4-persons, 823 5-persons, 296 6-persons, 275 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,315 1-person, 711 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 20 5-persons.

4,295 married couples with children.
2,540 single-parent households (555 men, 1,985 women).

87.8% of residents of Wapello speak English at home.
7.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (28% speak English very well, 59% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $238,729,000 ($6,669 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,264,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $104,829,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $56,038,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,073,000
Federal grants: $60,318,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,484,000 ($13,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,988,000 ($925,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $22,946,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,580,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,824,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-14 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.01 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Wapello County, Iowa
• 362020 or later
• 1942010 to 2019
• 8452000 to 2009
• 1,0461990 to 1999
• 1,1281980 to 1989
• 2,3081970 to 1979
• 1,4581960 to 1969
• 2,4281950 to 1959
• 1,5881940 to 1949
• 4,4871939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Wapello County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wapello County, Iowa
• 171 room
• 522 rooms
• 2143 rooms
• 1,1054 rooms
• 2,1235 rooms
• 2,1466 rooms
• 1,2977 rooms
• 1,1688 rooms
• 1,5559+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wapello County, Iowa
• 2401 room
• 2112 rooms
• 7153 rooms
• 1,2114 rooms
• 1,0525 rooms
• 8236 rooms
• 1797 rooms
• 1808 rooms
• 2259+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Wapello County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Wapello County, Iowa
• 17no bedroom
• 4061 bedroom
• 2,8732 bedrooms
• 4,4653 bedrooms
• 1,4614 bedrooms
• 4985+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wapello County, Iowa
• 243no bedroom
• 8161 bedroom
• 2,4172 bedrooms
• 9953 bedrooms
• 3124 bedrooms
• 595+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Wapello County, Iowa in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wapello County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 307no vehicle
• 2,1411 vehicle
• 3,8162 vehicles
• 2,0353 vehicles
• 8344 vehicles
• 6655+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Wapello County in renter-occupied apartments
• 780no vehicle
• 2,3661 vehicle
• 1,3452 vehicles
• 2113 vehicles
• 1314 vehicles
• 175+ vehicles

88.0% of Wapello County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 26,328
• Other state: 5,929
• Northeast: 257
• Midwest: 2,812
• South: 1,138
• West: 1,744

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,091
• Number of aged recipients: 49
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,042
• Number of recipients under 18: 133
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 805
• Number of recipients older than 64: 153
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 457
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 480