Joice, IA

Census Place

2024 Population

207

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

42.5

0.473% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

5.8%

33.5% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$66,250

23.3% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$96,900

Economy

The economy of Joice, IA employs 101 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Joice, IA were Manufacturing (20 people), Construction (18 people), and Educational Services (14 people), and the highest paying industries were Information ($83,125), Construction ($55,000), and Manufacturing ($50,833).

Employment

Occupations

101

2024 Value

± 57

−0.98%

1 Year decline

± 81.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Joice, IA declined at a rate of −0.98%, from 102 employees to 101 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Joice, IA, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (20 people), Production Occupations (12 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (11 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Joice, IA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Iowa.

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.

Industries

Employment by Industries

101

2024 Value

± 57

−0.98%

1 Year decline

± 81.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Joice, IA declined at a rate of −0.98%, from 102 employees to 101 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Joice, IA, are Manufacturing (20 people), Construction (18 people), and Educational Services (14 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Joice, IA, though some of these residents may live in Joice, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$52,321

Median earning men ± $8,980

$26,250

Median earning women ± $7,329

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($83,750), Construction ($55,000), and Manufacturing ($53,125).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($48,750), Retail Trade ($35,625), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($28,333).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Joice, IA was $96,900 in 2024, which is 0.291 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $100,000 to $96,900, a 3.1% decrease. The homeownership rate in Joice, IA is 75.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Joice, IA have an average commute time of 22.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Joice, IA is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$96,900

Median Property Value 2024

±$14,200

$67

Median Property Taxes

±$30

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 Joice, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

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

Rent vs Own

75.3%

Homeownership

2024

58%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 75.3% of the housing units in Joice, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 66%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Joice, IA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$66,250

Median Household Income

± $32,752

Number of Households

± 29

In 2024, the median household income of the 89 households in Joice, IA grew to $66,250 from the previous year's value of $53,750.

The following chart displays the households in Joice, 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 $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Joice, 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.

This chart shows the number of workers in Iowa across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (89.9%)
Worked At Home (6.06%)
Other (4.04%)

In 2024, 89.9% of workers in Joice, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (6.06%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (4.04%).

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.

Commute Time

22.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Joice, IA have a shorter commute time (22.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Joice, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Joice, IA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Joice, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Joice, IA have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Joice, IA (12 out of 207 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 35 - 44, followed by Females 6 - 11 and then Males 6 - 11.

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

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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