Boone County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 19.9%
(20.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.1 people | | Iowa: |  2.5 people |
| This city: | 62.1% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
| This city: | 1.0% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Boxholm, IA
Boxholm compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Boxholm (2011 data):
- Security Savings Bank: Boxholm Branch at 200 Second Street, branch established on 12/28/1934. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $8.9 mil, Deposits: $7.7 mil, headquarters in Gowrie, IA, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Security Financial, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Boone County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for Boxholm:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 54.63%
| Here | | 54.6% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
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| Adherents | 22.1% | 18.0% | 17.4% | 11.9% | 7.3% |
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| Congregations | 6.8% | 9.1% | 20.5% | 6.8% | 4.5% |
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| Name | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Evangelical Free Church of America | Christian and Missionary Alliance | United Church of Christ | Other |
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| Adherents | 4.4% | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 8.8% |
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| Congregations | 4.5% | 6.8% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 31.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | Boone County: | 1.52 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 11 | Boone County: | 4.17 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 14 | This county: | 5.31 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Boone County: | 8.1% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Boone County: | 30.3% | | State: | 27.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $575 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $500 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $1,075 |
Boxholm government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $17,000 ($86.29)
All Other: $1,000 ($5.08)
- Construction - General Public Buildings: $7,000 ($35.53)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $104,000 ($527.92)
Regular Highways: $14,000 ($71.07)
General Public Buildings: $7,000 ($35.53)
Financial Administration: $4,000 ($20.30)
General - Other: $4,000 ($20.30)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,000 ($10.15)
Central Staff Services: $1,000 ($5.08)
Fire Protection: $1,000 ($5.08)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($5.08)
Solid Waste Management: $1,000 ($5.08)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($5.08)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $8,000 ($40.61)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $203,000 ($1030.46)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $0 ($0.00)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $17,000 ($86.29)
General Support: $1,000 ($5.08)
- Tax - Property: $28,000 ($142.13)
Total General Sales: $11,000 ($55.84)
Public Utilities: $4,000 ($20.30)
NEC: $1,000 ($5.08)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $11,000 ($55.84)
6.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,045 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.34% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,491 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.49% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Boxholm:
- KFGQ (1260 AM; 5 kW; BOONE, IA; Owner: BOONE BIBLICAL MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KWMT (540 AM; 5 kW; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KWBG (1590 AM; 1 kW; BOONE, IA; Owner: WMMP, LLC)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KYDZ (1180 AM; 25 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KXNO (1460 AM; 5 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Boxholm:
- KLTI-FM (104.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WOI-FM (90.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCI & TECH)
- KFGQ-FM (99.3 FM; BOONE, IA; Owner: BOONE BIBLICAL MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KSTZ (102.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KKEZ (94.5 FM; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KLRX (96.1 FM; MADRID, IA; Owner: THOMAS H. BURKE, RECEIVER FOR LIFESTYLE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- KGRA (98.9 FM; JEFFERSON, IA; Owner: COON VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
- KUEL (92.1 FM; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: SORENSON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KCCQ (105.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KRKQ (98.3 FM; BOONE, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KDLS-FM (105.5 FM; PERRY, IA; Owner: PERRY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- K206BF (89.1 FM; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Boxholm:
- KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
- WHO-TV (Channel 13; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- KCCI (Channel 8; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: DES MOINES HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- KDSM-TV (Channel 17; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: KDSM LICENSEE, LLC)
- KPWB-TV (Channel 23; AMES, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
- K56GD (Channel 56; AMES, IA; Owner: TV-45, INC.)
- K48FZ (Channel 48; AMES, IA; Owner: TV-52, INC.)
- KTIN (Channel 21; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 - South Side Of 400th Street. 1/2 Mile From "t" (Lat: 42.207222 Lon: -94.135833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.6 m, Overall height: 105.2 m, Call Sign: KNKN329
Assigned Frequencies: 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 11/17/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: Steven T Campbell
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3 - PETER M CONNOLLY, South Side Of 400th Street. 1/2 Mile From "t" (Lat: 42.207222 Lon: -94.135833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.6 m, Overall height: 105.2 m
Registrant: United States Cellular Corporation Dba , 1150 Connecticut Avenue Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 467-5700, Email:
- South Side Of 400th Street. 1/2 Mile From "t" (Lat: 42.207222 Lon: -94.135833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.6 m, Overall height: 105.2 m
Registrant: United States Cellular Corporation Dba , 1150 Connecticut Avenue Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 467-5700, Email:
- S Side Of 400th St .5 Mi From T (Lat: 42.207222 Lon: -94.135833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.6 m, Overall height: 105.2 m
Registrant: United States Cellular Corp, 8410 W Bryn Mawr Ave Ste 700, Chicago, IL 60631-3486, Phone: (773) 399-8900
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - West Central Coop (Lat: 42.177139 Lon: -94.105083), Type: Silo, Structure height: 54.8 m, Overall height: 59.7 m, Call Sign: WQDL877
Assigned Frequencies: 154.400 MHz
Grant Date: 09/27/2005, Expiration Date: 09/27/2015, Certifier: Randy Mitchell
Registrant: Electronic Engineering Co, 1100 Keo Way, Des Moines, IA 50309, Phone: (515) 283-1100, Fax: (515) 244-6948, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - DAYTON, South Side Of 400th Street. 1/2 Mile From "t" (Lat: 42.207222 Lon: -94.135833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 100.6 m, Overall height: 105.2 m, Call Sign: WPNN233
Assigned Frequencies: 6615.00 MHz, 6585.00 MHz, 10552.5 MHz
Grant Date: 04/01/2008, Expiration Date: 05/20/2018, Certifier: Steven T Campbell
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
| Most common first names in Boxholm, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| John | 6 | 73.5 years |
| Harold | 3 | 76.3 years |
| Virgil | 3 | 74.3 years |
| William | 3 | 76.3 years |
| Elsie | 2 | 93.0 years |
| Floyd | 2 | 81.5 years |
| Evelyn | 2 | 73.9 years |
| Edna | 2 | 87.5 years |
| Wilmer | 2 | 86.0 years |
| Clarence | 2 | 74.0 years |
| Most common last names in Boxholm, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Anderson | 8 | 80.8 years |
| Freeman | 6 | 86.5 years |
| Stark | 5 | 87.0 years |
| Larson | 4 | 87.8 years |
| Peterson | 4 | 86.5 years |
| Henrichs | 3 | 61.1 years |
| Johnson | 3 | 81.7 years |
| Eissler | 3 | 79.0 years |
| Lind | 3 | 56.7 years |
| Nordholm | 3 | 81.7 years |
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- #72 (50040) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of residents speaking English at home"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
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