Ralston, IA

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

38.8

7.18% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

26.2%

23.7% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$62,917

6.79% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$83,000

Economy

The economy of Ralston, IA employs 22 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Ralston, IA were Transportation & Warehousing (6 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (6 people), and Retail Trade (4 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing ($72,500), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($61,667), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($59,167).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 64

−18.5%

1 Year decline

± 458%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Ralston, IA declined at a rate of −18.5%, from 27 employees to 22 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Ralston, IA, are Healthcare Support Occupations (5 people), Sales & Related Occupations (4 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (3 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Ralston, 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

2024 Value

± 64

−18.5%

1 Year decline

± 458%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Ralston, IA declined at a rate of −18.5%, from 27 employees to 22 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Ralston, IA, are Transportation & Warehousing (6 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (6 people), and Retail Trade (4 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Ralston, IA, though some of these residents may live in Ralston, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$55,000

Median earning men ± $28,356

$59,167

Median earning women ± $66,437

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($83,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are .

Housing & Living

The median property value in Ralston, IA was $83,000 in 2024, which is 0.249 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $86,700 to $83,000, a 4.27% decrease. The homeownership rate in Ralston, IA is 84%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Ralston, IA have an average commute time of 20.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Ralston, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$83,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$31,506

$21

Median Property Taxes

±$29

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 Ralston, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

84%

Homeownership

2024

56.6%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 84% of the housing units in Ralston, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 85.7%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Ralston, 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.

$62,917

Median Household Income

± $34,029

Number of Households

± 21

In 2024, the median household income of the 25 households in Ralston, IA declined from $62,917 from the previous year's value of $67,500.

The following chart displays the households in Ralston, 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 Ralston, 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 (86.4%)
Carpooled (9.09%)
Worked At Home (4.55%)

In 2024, 86.4% of workers in Ralston, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.09%) and those who worked at home (4.55%).

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

20.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Ralston, IA have a shorter commute time (20.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Ralston, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

26.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Ralston, IA (16 out of 61 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 16 - 17, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 55 - 64.

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

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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