Dow City, IA
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None of the households in Dow City, IA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Dow City, IA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 15.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Dow City, IA was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Dow City, IA employs 232 people. The largest industries in Dow City, IA are , and the highest paying industries are .
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Dow City, IA, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Dow City, IA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Iowa (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Dow City, IA, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Dow City, IA, though some of these residents may live in Dow City, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
As of February 2023, there are 1.57M people employed in Iowa. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Iowa.
Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing the state of Iowa. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing Iowa.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Iowa over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Iowa have changed over time starting in 2008.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 0.66% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.685% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (751k), Some college (564k), and Bachelors Degree (469k).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Dow City, IA have an average commute time of 15.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Dow City, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Dow City, IA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the places in Dow City, IA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Dow City, IA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $50k - $60k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.442 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.723% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iowa in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Iowa across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 71.8% of workers in Dow City, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (23.5%) and those who carpooled to work (3.76%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Dow City, IA have a shorter commute time (15.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Dow City, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Dow City, IA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Dow City, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Dow City, IA have 2 cars.
15.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Dow City, IA (58 out of 384 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Females 65 - 74.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Dow City, IA is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Dow City, IA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 15.9% under 18 years, 24.5% between 18 and 34 years, 35.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.5% over 64 years.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.8% were men and 48.2% were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Dow City, IA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
