Harris, IA

Census Place

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2024 Population
222
US Senator
Chuck Grassley
Republican Party
US Senator
Joni Ernst
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
60.2
0.166% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
11%
200% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$53,911
4.65% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$87,500
22% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
168
20% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Harris, 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.

98.2% of the residents in Harris, IA are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Harris, IA was $87,500, and the homeownership rate was 31.4%.

Most people in Harris, IA walked to work, and the average commute time was 11.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Harris, IA was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Harris, IA is home to a population of 222 people, from which 98.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 43.7% of Harris, IA residents were born outside of the country (97 people).

In 2024, there were 1.09 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (112 people) in Harris, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 103 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 4 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

98.2%
2024 Citizenship
99%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.2% of Harris, IA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Harris, IA was 99%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Harris, IA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    112 ± 41
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    103 ± 74
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    4 ± 6
48.6%
Hispanic Population
108 people

In 2024, there were 1.09 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (112 people) in Harris, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 103 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 4 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

48.6% of the people in Harris, IA are hispanic (108 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Harris, IA as a share of the total population.

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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
    42,808 ± 5,046 people
  2. India
    12,283 ± 2,716 people
  3. China
    7,889 ± 2,178 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Iowa was Mexico, the natal country of 42,808 Iowa residents, followed by India with 12,283 and China with 7,889.

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Foreign-Born Population

43.7%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
97 people
47.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
90 people

As of 2024, 43.7% of Harris, IA residents (97 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Harris, IA was 47.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Veterans

Vietnam
Most Common Service Period
5 ± 15

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Economy

The economy of Harris, IA employs 168 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Harris, IA were Manufacturing (118 people), Retail Trade (13 people), and Educational Services (9 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($66,250), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($65,833), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($59,167).

Occupations

168
2024 Value
± 93
20%
1 Year growth
± 71.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Harris, IA grew at a rate of 20%, from 140 employees to 168 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Harris, IA, are Production Occupations (101 people), Management Occupations (11 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (9 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Harris, IA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Employment by Industries

168
2024 Value
± 93
20%
1 Year growth
± 71.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Harris, IA grew at a rate of 20%, from 140 employees to 168 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Harris, IA, are Manufacturing (118 people), Retail Trade (13 people), and Educational Services (9 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Harris, IA, though some of these residents may live in Harris, 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

$53,750
Median earning men ± $311
$33,750
Median earning women ± $30,819

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($58,333), Manufacturing ($53,817), and Retail Trade ($2,499).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($54,375), Manufacturing ($46,250), and Retail Trade ($21,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
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%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Iowa.

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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.

The following chart shows elected senators in Iowa over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Harris, IA was $87,500 in 2024, which is 0.263 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $71,700 to $87,500, a 22% increase. The homeownership rate in Harris, IA is 31.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Harris, IA have an average commute time of 11.6 minutes, and they walked to work. Car ownership in Harris, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$87,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$31,584
$48
Median Property Taxes
±$28

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Harris, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Harris, IA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

31.4%
Homeownership
2024
68.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 31.4% of the housing units in Harris, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 29.1%.

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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.
$53,911
Median Household Income
± $360
153
Number of Households
± 74

In 2024, the median household income of the 153 households in Harris, IA grew to $53,911 from the previous year's value of $51,517.

The following chart displays the households in Harris, 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.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Harris, IA is from Iowa.
0.441
2023 Wage GINI in Iowa
0.442
2022 Wage GINI in Iowa

In 2023, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.441 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.304% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.476. 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. Walked (61.1%)
  2. Drove Alone (26.9%)
  3. Carpooled (7.78%)

In 2024, 61.1% of workers in Harris, IA walked to work, followed by those who drove alone to work (26.9%) and those who carpooled to work (7.78%).

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

11.6 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Harris, IA have a shorter commute time (11.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.599% of the workforce in Harris, 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 Harris, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Harris, IA have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

11% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Harris, IA (24 out of 218 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 Males 16 - 17, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Males 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Harris, IA is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

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

95% of the population of Harris, IA has health coverage, with 65.3% on employee plans, 8.56% on Medicaid, 12.2% on Medicare, 7.66% on non-group plans, and 1.35% 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, 79.3% were men and 20.7% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 11.3% under 18 years, 10.4% between 18 and 34 years, 64.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 14% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 79.3% were men and 20.7% were women.

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Uninsured People

4.95%
Uninsured
65.3%
Employer Coverage
8.56%
Medicaid
12.2%
Medicare
7.66%
Non-Group
1.35%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Harris, IA grew by 373% from 1.05% to 4.95%.

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