Harpers Ferry, IA

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2024 Population
253
US Senator
Chuck Grassley
Republican Party
US Senator
Joni Ernst
Republican Party
2024 Poverty Rate
9.88%
23.1% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$44,107
16.6% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$174,200
5.51% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
98
11.4% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Harpers Ferry, 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.

100% of the residents in Harpers Ferry, IA are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Harpers Ferry, IA was $174,200, and the homeownership rate was 95.2%.

Most people in Harpers Ferry, IA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 34.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Harpers Ferry, IA was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Harpers Ferry, IA is home to a population of 253 people, from which 100% are citizens. As of 2024, 0% of Harpers Ferry, IA residents were born outside of the country (0 people).

In 2024, there were 29.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (238 people) in Harpers Ferry, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 8 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 4 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

100%
2024 Citizenship
100%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 100% of Harpers Ferry, IA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Harpers Ferry, IA was 100%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Harpers Ferry, IA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    238 ± 65
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    8 ± 11
  3. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    4 ± 4
1.19%
Hispanic Population
3 people

In 2024, there were 29.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (238 people) in Harpers Ferry, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 8 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 4 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.19% of the people in Harpers Ferry, IA are hispanic (3 people).

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Iowa.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    44,333 ± 5,134 people
  2. India
    11,889 ± 2,672 people
  3. Guatemala
    8,189 ± 2,219 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Iowa was Mexico, the natal country of 44,333 Iowa residents, followed by India with 11,889 and Guatemala with 8,189.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    10 ± 16
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    3 ± 5
  3. Korea
    1 ± 10

Harpers Ferry, IA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 3.33 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Harpers Ferry, IA employs 98 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Harpers Ferry, IA were Public Administration (16 people), Manufacturing (15 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (12 people), and the highest paying industries were Other Services Except Public Administration ($142,500), Manufacturing ($53,542), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($40,417).

Occupations

98
2024 Value
± 66
11.4%
1 Year growth
± 87.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Harpers Ferry, IA grew at a rate of 11.4%, from 88 employees to 98 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Harpers Ferry, IA, are Transportation Occupations (15 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (14 people), and Healthcare Support Occupations (14 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Harpers Ferry, IA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

98
2024 Value
± 66
11.4%
1 Year growth
± 87.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Harpers Ferry, IA grew at a rate of 11.4%, from 88 employees to 98 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Harpers Ferry, IA, are Public Administration (16 people), Manufacturing (15 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (12 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Harpers Ferry, IA, though some of these residents may live in Harpers Ferry, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$41,125
Median earning men ± $12,077
$21,875
Median earning women ± $25,103

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Other Services Except Public Administration ($142,500), Manufacturing ($54,375), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($40,625).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($35,750) and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($31,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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1.48%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

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%.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Iowa went to Donald J. Trump with 55.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.789%).

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.

US Senators from Iowa

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Chuck Grassley
Senator from Iowa3
Assumed office on January 3, 1981
Joni Ernst
Senator from Iowa2
Assumed office on January 3, 2015

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.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Harpers Ferry, IA was $174,200 in 2024, which is 0.524 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $165,100 to $174,200, a 5.51% increase. The homeownership rate in Harpers Ferry, IA is 95.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Harpers Ferry, IA have an average commute time of 34.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Harpers Ferry, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$174,200
Median Property Value 2024
±$28,877
$138
Median Property Taxes
±$43

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Rent vs Own

95.2%
Homeownership
2024
62.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 95.2% of the housing units in Harpers Ferry, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 95.3%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$44,107
Median Household Income
± $14,542
145
Number of Households
± 40

In 2024, the median household income of the 145 households in Harpers Ferry, IA grew to $44,107 from the previous year's value of $37,813.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Harpers Ferry, IA is from Iowa.
0.435
2024 Wage GINI in Iowa
0.441
2023 Wage GINI in Iowa

In 2024, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.435 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.29% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iowa in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (69.4%)
  2. Worked At Home (10.2%)
  3. Carpooled (9.18%)

In 2024, 69.4% of workers in Harpers Ferry, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.2%) and those who carpooled to work (9.18%).

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.

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Commute Time

34.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Harpers Ferry, IA have a longer commute time (34.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.68% of the workforce in Harpers Ferry, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Harpers Ferry, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Harpers Ferry, IA have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

9.88% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Harpers Ferry, IA (25 out of 253 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 65 - 74, followed by Males 75+ and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Harpers Ferry, IA is White, followed by Black and Native American.

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.

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Health

93.7% of the population of Harpers Ferry, IA has health coverage, with 34.8% on employee plans, 6.72% on Medicaid, 40.7% on Medicare, 11.1% on non-group plans, and 0.395% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Iowa see 1,385 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,385 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1411 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 466 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.8% were men and 48.2% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 4.74% under 18 years, 6.72% between 18 and 34 years, 28.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 59.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.8% were men and 48.2% were women.

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Uninsured People

6.32%
Uninsured
34.8%
Employer Coverage
6.72%
Medicaid
40.7%
Medicare
11.1%
Non-Group
0.395%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Harpers Ferry, IA grew by 166% from 2.38% to 6.32%.

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