Weldon, IA

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

60.1

2.74% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

5.68%

48.9% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$51,875

37.6% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$78,300

Economy

The economy of Weldon, IA employs 46 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Weldon, IA were Retail Trade (11 people), Finance & Insurance (10 people), and Educational Services (9 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($45,750), Educational Services ($45,250), and Retail Trade ($35,250).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 67

39.4%

1 Year growth

± 178%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Weldon, IA grew at a rate of 39.4%, from 33 employees to 46 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Weldon, IA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (12 people), Transportation Occupations (8 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (7 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Weldon, 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

± 67

39.4%

1 Year growth

± 178%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Weldon, IA grew at a rate of 39.4%, from 33 employees to 46 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Weldon, IA, are Retail Trade (11 people), Finance & Insurance (10 people), and Educational Services (9 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Weldon, IA, though some of these residents may live in Weldon, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$35,417

Median earning men ± $50,150

$39,000

Median earning women ± $4,389

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($35,250).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($46,000).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Weldon, IA was $78,300 in 2022, which is 0.235 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $53,800 to $78,300, a 45.5% increase. The homeownership rate in Weldon, IA is 74.4%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Weldon, IA have an average commute time of 24 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Weldon, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$78,300

Median Property Value 2022

±$49,877

$32

Median Property Taxes

±$31

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

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

Rent vs Own

74.4%

Homeownership

2024

62.5%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 74.4% of the housing units in Weldon, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 75.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Weldon, 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.

$51,875

Median Household Income

± $25,674

Number of Households

± 34

In 2024, the median household income of the 43 households in Weldon, IA grew to $51,875 from the previous year's value of $37,708.

The following chart displays the households in Weldon, 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 $35k - $40k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Weldon, 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 (97.8%)
Carpooled (2.17%)

In 2024, 97.8% of workers in Weldon, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (2.17%) 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

24 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Weldon, IA have a shorter commute time (24 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Weldon, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.68% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Weldon, IA (5 out of 88 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 55 - 64, followed by Females 15 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Weldon, 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.

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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