Buchanan County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 20.4. This is significantly better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.1. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 22.4 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2008 was 10.3. This is about average. Closest monitor was 22.4 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Rowley and their reported violations in the past:
ROWLEY WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 49, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Rowley that have no violations reported:
- ROWLEY EQUIPEMENT (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 4.5%
(3.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 83.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.6 people | | Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 76.6% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 3.6% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rowley, IA
Rowley compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below 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 Rowley (2011 data):
- Rowley Savings Bank: at 114 Ely Street, branch established on 01/01/1914. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $1.2 mil, Deposits: $1.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Shields Agency, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Buchanan County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for Rowley:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 70.39%
| Here |  | 70.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Lutheran Church |
| Adherents | 48.3% | 16.0% | 13.0% | 5.4% | 4.3% |
| Congregations | 17.4% | 19.6% | 6.5% | 10.9% | 6.5% |
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| Name | Old Order Amish | The Wesleyan Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA | International Council of Community Churches | Other |
| Adherents | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Congregations | 13.0% | 2.2% | 6.5% | 2.2% | 15.2% |
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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: 5 | Buchanan County: | 2.39 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 14 | Buchanan County: | 6.70 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 20 | This county: | 9.57 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Buchanan County: | 7.7% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Buchanan County: | 27.5% | | 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 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $475 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $247 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $360 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $200 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $1,282 |
Rowley government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $21,000 ($74.20)
Solid Waste Management: $20,000 ($70.67)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $23,000 ($81.27)
Solid Waste Management: $20,000 ($70.67)
General - Other: $14,000 ($49.47)
Fire Protection: $12,000 ($42.40)
Sewerage: $11,000 ($38.87)
Parks & Recreation: $7,000 ($24.73)
Financial Administration: $5,000 ($17.67)
Police Protection: $5,000 ($17.67)
General Public Buildings: $3,000 ($10.60)
Central Staff Services: $2,000 ($7.07)
Water Utilities: $1,000 ($3.53)
- General - Interest on Debt: $4,000 ($14.13)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $5,000 ($17.67)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000 ($3.53)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $67,000 ($236.75)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $64,000 ($226.15)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $3,000 ($10.60)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,000 ($17.67)
Rents: $4,000 ($14.13)
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000 ($3.53)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $1,000 ($3.53)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $170,000 ($600.71)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,000 ($3.53)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $23,000 ($81.27)
General Support: $8,000 ($28.27)
- Tax - Property: $43,000 ($151.94)
Total General Sales: $18,000 ($63.60)
NEC: $1,000 ($3.53)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $12,000 ($42.40)
5.05% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,727 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.05% | | 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:
5.94% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,582 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.94% | | 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 Rowley:
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KKHQ (950 AM; 5 kW; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WMT (600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KWLO (1330 AM; 5 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KQMG (1220 AM; 0 kW; INDEPENDENCE, IA; Owner: KEENE OF IOWA, INC.)
- KCRG (1600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.)
- KCJJ (1630 AM; 10 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: RIVER CITY RADIO, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rowley:
- KFMW (107.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KUNI (90.9 FM; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- KNWS-FM (101.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KOKZ (105.7 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KOEL-FM (92.3 FM; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KQMG-FM (95.3 FM; INDEPENDENCE, IA; Owner: KEENE OF IOWA, INC.)
- KDAT (104.5 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KZIA (102.9 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KZIA, INC.)
- WMT-FM (96.5 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KRNA (94.1 FM; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KHKE (89.5 FM; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- KMCH (94.7 FM; MANCHESTER, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- KOEL (98.5 FM; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Rowley:
- KWWL (Channel 7; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- KGAN (Channel 2; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KGAN LICENSEE, LLC)
- KCRG-TV (Channel 9; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.)
- KRIN (Channel 32; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KPXR (Channel 48; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- KFXA (Channel 28; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: SECOND GENERATION OF IOWA, LTD.)
- KWKB (Channel 20; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: KM TELEVISION OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
- KIIN (Channel 12; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- K17ET (Channel 17; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6 - Robert Thurber, 2698 Lucas Ave (Lat: 42.400556 Lon: -91.843611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 568.8 m, Overall height: 609.4 m, Licensee ID: L01139867
Registrant: Kwwl Television, Inc., Quincy, IL 62306-0909, Phone: (217) 223-5100 - David Folsom, 2698 Lucas Ave (Lat: 42.400556 Lon: -91.843611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 568.8 m, Overall height: 609.4 m, Licensee ID: L01139867
Registrant: Kwwl Television, Inc., Quincy, IL 62306-0909, Phone: (217) 223-5100 - Ralph M Oakley, 2698 Lucas Ave (Lat: 42.400556 Lon: -91.843611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 568.8 m, Overall height: 609.4 m, Licensee ID: L01110501
Registrant: Kwwl License Subsidiary, LLC, 201 Monroe St., Rsa Tower 20th Fl, Montgomery, AL 36104, Phone: (334) 206-1409 - PETER M CONNOLLY, 2802 Nolan Ave (Lat: 42.385500 Lon: -91.811694), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 94.5 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight, LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006-1816, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- PETER M CONNOLLY, 2802 Nolan Ave (Lat: 42.385500 Lon: -91.811694), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 94.5 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight, LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006-1816, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- 2698 Lucas Ave (Lat: 42.400556 Lon: -91.843611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 568.8 m, Overall height: 609.4 m
Registrant: Aflac Broadcast Partners, 500 East Fourth Street, Waterloo, IA 50703, Phone: (319) 291-1200
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - 2698 Lucas Avenue (Lat: 42.400528 Lon: -91.843500), Type: Bant, Structure height: 3 m, Overall height: 4.5 m, Call Sign: WPSG882
Assigned Frequencies: 5440.00 MHz Grant Date: 04/23/2001, Expiration Date: 10/23/2001, Cancellation Date: 03/24/2002, Certifier: David Folsom
Registrant: Raycom Media, Inc., 201 Monroe Street, Rsa Tower, 20th Floor, Montgomery, AL 36104, Phone: (334) 206-1400, Fax: (334) 206-1555, Email:
- 2698 Lucas Avenue (Lat: 42.400528 Lon: -91.843500), Type: Bant, Structure height: 3 m, Overall height: 4.5 m, Call Sign: WPSL504
Assigned Frequencies: 5440.00 MHz Grant Date: 06/11/2001, Expiration Date: 06/11/2011, Certifier: Ralph M Oakley
Registrant: Quincy Newspapers, Inc., Quincy, IL 62306, Phone: (217) 223-5100 - Lat: 42.408778 Lon: -91.870333, Call Sign: WQCR889
Assigned Frequencies: 452.275 MHz Grant Date: 05/11/2005, Expiration Date: 05/11/2015, Certifier: Kent Wilson
Registrant: Graybill Electronics, Inc., 98 Emmons Street, Hiawatha, IA 52233, Phone: (319) 393-5456, Fax: (319) 393-5458
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 - 4.5 Mi S (Lat: 42.316389 Lon: -91.858778), Structure height: 587 m, Call Sign: KPL893, Licensee ID: L00027000
Assigned Frequencies: 455.990 MHz Grant Date: 12/31/1991, Expiration Date: 02/01/2014
Registrant: Cedar Rapids Television Company, 2nd Ave. At 5th Street, Ne, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents: See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Rowley, IA
| Most common first names in Rowley, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Raymond | 8 | 73.8 years |
| John | 7 | 74.3 years |
| George | 6 | 84.3 years |
| Robert | 5 | 70.2 years |
| William | 5 | 83.8 years |
| Ruth | 5 | 79.4 years |
| Marian | 4 | 85.0 years |
| Walter | 4 | 80.2 years |
| Joseph | 4 | 84.5 years |
| Carl | 3 | 72.3 years |
| Most common last names in Rowley, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Kress | 8 | 84.0 years |
| Smith | 5 | 81.8 years |
| Morris | 4 | 67.5 years |
| Wilson | 4 | 65.5 years |
| Bearbower | 4 | 68.7 years |
| Butterfield | 3 | 84.0 years |
| Shaffer | 3 | 76.6 years |
| Schmidt | 3 | 82.0 years |
| Hopkins | 3 | 83.0 years |
| Angelow | 3 | 82.0 years |
- #13 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Other direct selling establishments"
- #26 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Secondary school teachers"
- #39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Information and record clerks except customer service representatives"
- #51 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers"
- #84 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Food"
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