Truesdale, IA

Census Place

2024 Population

187

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

12.5

160% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

8.02%

95.2% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$100,076

58.5% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$35,800

Economy

The economy of Truesdale, IA employs 63 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Truesdale, IA were Manufacturing (38 people), Transportation & Warehousing (11 people), and Retail Trade (5 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($55,625), Transportation & Warehousing ($51,250), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($51,250).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 81

23.5%

1 Year growth

± 151%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Truesdale, IA grew at a rate of 23.5%, from 51 employees to 63 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Truesdale, IA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (42 people), Transportation Occupations (6 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (3 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Truesdale, 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

± 81

23.5%

1 Year growth

± 151%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Truesdale, IA grew at a rate of 23.5%, from 51 employees to 63 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Truesdale, IA, are Manufacturing (38 people), Transportation & Warehousing (11 people), and Retail Trade (5 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Truesdale, IA, though some of these residents may live in Truesdale, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$50,972

Median earning men ± $14,699

$38,788

Median earning women ± $2,342

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,893).

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

Housing & Living

The median property value in Truesdale, IA was $35,800 in 2024, which is 0.108 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $32,500 to $35,800, a 10.2% increase. The homeownership rate in Truesdale, IA is 43.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Truesdale, IA have an average commute time of 14.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Truesdale, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$35,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$18,626

$33

Median Property Taxes

±$35

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

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

Rent vs Own

43.4%

Homeownership

2024

23.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 43.4% of the housing units in Truesdale, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 53.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Truesdale, 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.

$100,076

Median Household Income

± $85,612

Number of Households

± 59

In 2024, the median household income of the 76 households in Truesdale, IA grew to $100,076 from the previous year's value of $63,125.

The following chart displays the households in Truesdale, 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 $100k - $125k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Truesdale, 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 (95.2%)
Carpooled (4.76%)

In 2024, 95.2% of workers in Truesdale, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (4.76%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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

14.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Truesdale, IA have a shorter commute time (14.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Truesdale, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.02% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Truesdale, IA (15 out of 187 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 65 - 74, followed by Males 75+ and then Males 55 - 64.

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

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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