Blakesburg, Iowa

Back to Blakesburg, IA housing info, Wapello County, Iowa, IA smaller cities, IA small cities, All Cities.   Submit pictures of this city Population (year 2000): 374. Estimated population in July 2006: 359 (-4.0% change)   Males: 169   (45.2%) Females: 205   (54.8%) Wapello County Median resident age:   38.3 years Iowa median age:   36.6 years Zip codes: 52536. Estimated median household income in 2005: $31,100 (it was $28,500 in 2000) Blakesburg   $31,100 Iowa:   $43,609 Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $44,400 (it was $37,500 in 2000) Blakesburg   $44,400 Iowa:   $106,600 Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 52536 Blakesburg, IA residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Blakesburg: White Non-Hispanic (98.1%) Two or more races (0.8%) Hispanic (0.5%) Other Asian (0.5%) Recent posts about Blakesburg, Iowa on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users: looking for opinions on certain iowa towns/cities  (14 replies) Eddyville , Iowa  (7 replies) Latest news from Blakesburg, IA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: German (20.3%), Irish (13.1%), Dutch (12.0%), English (8.0%), French (7.0%), Swedish (4.3%). Current Local Time: CST time zone Land area: 0.27 square miles. Population density: 1364 people per square mile   (low).

Latitude: 40.96 N, Longitude: 92.64 W

Area code: 641

Average climate in Blakesburg, Iowa

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Blakesburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Iowa state average. It is 59% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/20/1959, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 19.2 miles away from the Blakesburg city center injured 5 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 1/24/1967, a category 4 tornado 34.1 miles away from the city center injured 2 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

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Notable locations in Blakesburg: Blakesburg (A), Blakesburg Public Library (B), Blakesburg Town Hall (C). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Blakesburg include: Blakesburg Christian Church (A), Blakesburg Methodist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Post office: Blakesburg Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This city:	2.3 people
Iowa:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	63.3%
Whole state:	67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	7.8%
Whole state:	4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

This city:	14.3%
Whole state:	9.1%

This city:	7.1%
Whole state:	3.8%

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5.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,091 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.63%
Iowa average:	6.30%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

from Davis County, IA	0.46% ($39,424 average AGI)
from Mahaska County, IA	0.35% ($32,800)
from Jefferson County, IA	0.26% ($28,441)

6.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,896 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.32%
Iowa average:	6.47%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Polk County, IA	0.58% ($42,640 average AGI)
to Mahaska County, IA	0.48% ($29,194)
to Davis County, IA	0.30% ($26,128)