Mahaska 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: 13.7%
(13.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.3 people | | Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 66.9% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 3.3% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in New Sharon, IA
60 people in nursing homes
New Sharon compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in New Sharon (2011 data):
- U.S. Bank National Association: New Sharon Branch at 102 South Main, branch established on 01/01/1909. Info updated 01/31/2011: Bank assets: $285,762.4 mil, Deposits: $196,374.2 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3127 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Mahaska County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for New Sharon:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 48.03%
| Here |  | 48.0% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | Christian Reformed Church in North America | Catholic Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Church of the Nazarene |
| Adherents | 21.1% | 13.4% | 11.9% | 10.0% | 8.6% |
| Congregations | 17.5% | 12.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 5.0% |
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| Name | Reformed Church in America | Assemblies of God | Lutheran Church | United Church of Christ | Other |
| Adherents | 8.3% | 6.3% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 14.2% |
| Congregations | 5.0% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 45.0% |
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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 | Mahaska County: | 1.80 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Here: | 0.45 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 0.23 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.45 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 14 | Mahaska County: | 6.29 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 8 | This county: | 3.60 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Mahaska County: | 7.4% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Mahaska County: | 27.7% | | 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 |
1 | $2,449 | $29,388 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,742 | $32,904 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $3,973 | $23,838 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $1,891 | $22,692 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,277 | $27,324 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $13,332 | $26,664 | 0 | $0 |
New Sharon government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $98,000 ($76.80)
All Other: $6,000 ($4.70)
- Construction - Sewerage: $342,000 ($268.03)
Corrections - Other: $32,000 ($25.08)
Regular Highways: $10,000 ($7.84)
Parks & Recreation: $5,000 ($3.92)
Water Utilities: $3,000 ($2.35)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $164,000 ($128.53)
Water Utilities: $59,000 ($46.24)
Police Protection: $48,000 ($37.62)
Sewerage: $42,000 ($32.92)
Financial Administration: $35,000 ($27.43)
General Public Buildings: $30,000 ($23.51)
Libraries: $17,000 ($13.32)
Parks & Recreation: $16,000 ($12.54)
General - Other: $13,000 ($10.19)
Fire Protection: $12,000 ($9.40)
Central Staff Services: $5,000 ($3.92)
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000 ($2.35)
- General - Interest on Debt: $10,000 ($7.84)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $28,000 ($21.94)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $160,000 ($125.39)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $390,000 ($305.64)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $470,000 ($368.34)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $80,000 ($62.70)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $30,000 ($23.51)
General Revenue, NEC: $10,000 ($7.84)
Rents: $3,000 ($2.35)
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $37,000 ($29.00)
Sewerage: $11,000 ($8.62)
Regular Highways: $7,000 ($5.49)
Police Protection: $1,000 ($0.78)
General Public Building: $1,000 ($0.78)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $573,000 ($449.06)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $78,000 ($61.13)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $104,000 ($81.50)
General Support: $15,000 ($11.76)
All Other: $2,000 ($1.57)
- Tax - Property: $149,000 ($116.77)
Total General Sales: $81,000 ($63.48)
Public Utilities: $11,000 ($8.62)
NEC: $1,000 ($0.78)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $160,000 ($125.39)
6.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,710 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.03% | | 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:
6.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,324 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.52% | | 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 New Sharon:
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KBOE (740 AM; 0 kW; OSKALOOSA, IA; Owner: JOMAST CORPORATION)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KCJJ (1630 AM; 10 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: RIVER CITY RADIO, INC.)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KRNT (1350 AM; 5 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- WMT (600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXNO (1460 AM; 5 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSUI (910 AM; 5 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA)
Strongest FM radio stations in New Sharon:
- KBOE-FM (104.9 FM; OSKALOOSA, IA; Owner: JOMAST CORPORATION)
- KCWN (99.9 FM; NEW SHARON, IA; Owner: CROWN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KSKB (99.1 FM; BROOKLYN, IA; Owner: FLORIDA PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- KAZR (103.3 FM; PELLA, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KRTI (106.7 FM; GRINNELL, IA; Owner: CENTRAL IOWA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KKSI (101.5 FM; EDDYVILLE, IA; Owner: O-TOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KGGO (94.9 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KKDM (107.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KRLS (92.1 FM; KNOXVILLE, IA; Owner: M AND H BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KLBA-FM (96.7 FM; ALBIA, IA; Owner: H & H BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KCOB-FM (95.9 FM; NEWTON, IA; Owner: CENTRAL IOWA BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around New Sharon:
- WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
- KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- 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.)
- 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.)
- KYOU-TV (Channel 15; OTTUMWA, IA; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING, INC.)
New Sharon fatal accident list:
Jun 22, 1988 06:00 AM, S.Mulberry, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 - New Sharon (MWW), 1380 Hwy 63 (Lat: 41.453889 Lon: -92.646111), Type: Silo, Structure height: 48.8 m, Overall height: 52 m, Call Sign: KNKN362
Assigned Frequencies: 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz Grant Date: 09/06/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: Dennis Miller
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150, Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4 - PETER M CONNOLLY,, 2251 135th Street (Lat: 41.459500 Lon: -92.632278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- PETER M CONNOLLY,, 2251 135th Street (Lat: 41.459500 Lon: -92.632278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- Richard D Hofmann, East Of New Sharon (Lat: 41.469083 Lon: -92.632444), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91 m, Overall height: 91 m, Licensee ID: L00127087
Registrant: Iowa Wireless Services Holding Company, 4135 Nw Urbandale Drive, Urbandale, IA 50322, Phone: (515) 258-7538, Email:
- Richard D Hofmann, East Of New Sharon (Lat: 41.469083 Lon: -92.632444), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91 m, Overall height: 91 m, Licensee ID: L00127087
Registrant: Iowa Wireless Services Holding Company, 4135 Nw Urbandale Drive, Urbandale, IA 50322, Phone: (515) 258-7538, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - 701 N Main (Lat: 41.467222 Lon: -92.666861), Call Sign: KUS445, Licensee ID: L00046946
Assigned Frequencies: 46.0000 MHz Grant Date: 01/07/2004, Expiration Date: 01/24/2014
Registrant: A L Fox, 701 N Main, New Sharon, IA 50207, Phone: (641) 637-2382 - Hwy 63 1 Mi S (Lat: 41.452778 Lon: -92.647972), Call Sign: KBE621, Licensee ID: L00017694
Assigned Frequencies: 43.1800 MHz Grant Date: 03/20/2003, Expiration Date: 03/07/2013
Registrant: Manatts Inc, Brooklyn, IA 52211, Phone: (515) 637-2635 - Rr 3 (Lat: 41.364444 Lon: -92.593806), Call Sign: WZM417, Licensee ID: L00055876
Assigned Frequencies: 152.960 MHz Grant Date: 06/24/1999, Expiration Date: 06/23/2004, Cancellation Date: 10/02/2002
Registrant: Dale Van Veldhuizen Farms, 2454 200th St, New Sharon, IA 50207-8078, Phone: (515) 673-3670
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 13 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in New Sharon)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 2 - Aircraft: A36 (Category: Land, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 138 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3196A , Serial Number: E-2885, Year manufactured: 1994, Airworthiness Date: 08/10/1994
Registrant (Corporation): Industrial Waste Removal Inc Ltd, 111 Sunset Dr, New Sharon, IA 50207 - Aircraft: ACRO SPORT II (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 651PF , Serial Number: 71625, Year manufactured: 1979, Airworthiness Date: 05/28/1992
Registrant (Individual): Allen L Mcreynolds, Po Box 441, New Sharon, IA 50207
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in New Sharon, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Robert | 15 | 70.5 years |
| Harold | 14 | 77.9 years |
| Harry | 13 | 77.9 years |
| Charles | 13 | 80.6 years |
| George | 13 | 85.4 years |
| Nellie | 13 | 86.5 years |
| John | 13 | 79.2 years |
| William | 12 | 81.1 years |
| Mary | 12 | 82.2 years |
| Paul | 11 | 74.7 years |
| Most common last names in New Sharon, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Williams | 19 | 82.4 years |
| Smith | 17 | 75.5 years |
| Fox | 12 | 84.2 years |
| Davis | 12 | 75.7 years |
| Miller | 11 | 84.8 years |
| Johnson | 10 | 80.2 years |
| Dejong | 8 | 83.4 years |
| Wymore | 8 | 77.6 years |
| Pothoven | 8 | 79.6 years |
| Phillips | 8 | 83.0 years |
Businesses in New Sharon, IA
- MasterBrand Cabinets: 1
- U.S. Cellular: 1
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