Hardin 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: 7.6%
(9.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.1 people | | Iowa: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 55.5% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.0% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Steamboat Rock, IA
Steamboat Rock compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- House age 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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Hardin County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for Steamboat Rock (based on Hardin County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 70.74%
| Here |  | 70.7% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | United Church of Christ | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church |
| Adherents | 22.3% | 16.4% | 16.3% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| Congregations | 17.0% | 9.4% | 11.3% | 7.5% | 3.8% |
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| Name | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | North American Baptist Conference | Friends (Quakers) | Other |
| Adherents | 4.9% | 3.7% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 13.0% |
| Congregations | 3.8% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 7.5% | 32.1% |
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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: 6 | Hardin County: | 3.43 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.57 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 12 | Hardin County: | 6.87 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 15 | This county: | 8.58 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Hardin County: | 8.8% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Hardin County: | 27.9% | | 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 | | 1 | $816 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,210 | $26,520 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,210 | $26,520 | 1 | $816 |
Steamboat Rock government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $33,000 ($106.45)
Solid Waste Management: $24,000 ($77.42)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $38,000 ($122.58)
Regular Highways: $32,000 ($103.23)
Solid Waste Management: $26,000 ($83.87)
Water Utilities: $22,000 ($70.97)
Fire Protection: $11,000 ($35.48)
General - Other: $10,000 ($32.26)
Parks & Recreation: $7,000 ($22.58)
Financial Administration: $5,000 ($16.13)
Libraries: $4,000 ($12.90)
General Public Buildings: $2,000 ($6.45)
Central Staff Services: $2,000 ($6.45)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($3.23)
- General - Interest on Debt: $4,000 ($12.90)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $7,000 ($22.58)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,000 ($6.45)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $16,000 ($51.61)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $80,000 ($258.06)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $74,000 ($238.71)
Water Utilities: $6,000 ($19.35)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $10,000 ($32.26)
Other, NEC: $6,000 ($19.35)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $3,000 ($9.68)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $3,000 ($9.68)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $125,000 ($403.23)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $32,000 ($103.23)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $29,000 ($93.55)
General Support: $6,000 ($19.35)
- Tax - Property: $46,000 ($148.39)
Total General Sales: $23,000 ($74.19)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $34,000 ($109.68)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000 ($3.23)
5.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,300 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.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,087 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.99% | | 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 Steamboat Rock:
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- KIFG (1510 AM; daytime; 1 kW; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: TIMES-CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KWMT (540 AM; 5 kW; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KWLO (1330 AM; 5 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KFGQ (1260 AM; 5 kW; BOONE, IA; Owner: BOONE BIBLICAL MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Steamboat Rock:
- KCRR (97.7 FM; GRUNDY CENTER, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KDAO-FM (99.5 FM; ELDORA, IA; Owner: ELDORA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KQCR-FM (98.9 FM; PARKERSBURG, IA; Owner: CD BROADCASTING INC)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KIFG-FM (95.3 FM; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: TIMES-CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WOI-FM (90.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCI & TECH)
- KXIA (101.1 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOKZ (105.7 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Steamboat Rock:
- 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)
- KDSM-TV (Channel 17; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: KDSM LICENSEE, LLC)
- KCCI (Channel 8; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: DES MOINES HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- KPWB-TV (Channel 23; AMES, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
- KIMT (Channel 3; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- K19DX (Channel 19; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- K27EW (Channel 27; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- K33ED (Channel 33; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K51EP (Channel 51; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K53FD (Channel 53; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K59FM (Channel 59; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K69GZ (Channel 69; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- K25FA (Channel 25; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K47EK (Channel 47; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K49DZ (Channel 49; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K55GV (Channel 55; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K57GN (Channel 57; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K61GF (Channel 61; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
Steamboat Rock fatal accident list:
Aug 30, 2005 09:58 PM, S56, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jan 22, 1986 09:45 PM, S-56, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4 - Larry Schutz, 17980 B Avenue (Lat: 42.441611 Lon: -93.001222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 128 m
Registrant: Wireless Applications Corporation, 1200 112th Ave Ne, Suite C-191, Bellevue, WA 98004, Phone: (425) 643-5000, Email:
- Scott R Fansler, 17980 B Avenue (Lat: 42.441611 Lon: -93.001222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 128 m
Registrant: Nextel Partners Operating Corp., 8 Airline Drive, Suite 105, Albany, NY 12205, Phone: (518) 857-6933, Email:
- Larry Schutz, 17980 B Avenue (Lat: 42.441611 Lon: -93.001222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 128 m, Licensee ID: L00000538
Registrant: Aat Communications Corporation, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
- Edward G Roach, 17980 B Avenue (Lat: 42.441611 Lon: -93.001222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 128 m
Registrant: Aat Communications Corporation, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Lat: 42.456806 Lon: -93.057389, Call Sign: WQCT592
Assigned Frequencies: 452.150 MHz, 461.350 MHz, 462.200 MHz, 461.075 MHz Grant Date: 05/20/2005, Expiration Date: 05/20/2015, Certifier: Andy Miller
Registrant: Electronic Engineering Co., 1100 Keo Way, Des Moines, IA 50309, Phone: (515) 283-1100, Fax: (515) 244-6948, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1 - Call Sign: WA0YFE, Licensee ID: L00970962
Grant Date: 01/27/2005, Expiration Date: 04/25/2015, Certifier: Calvin J Heard
Registrant: Calvin J Heard, 208 W Main, Steamboat Rock, IA 50672
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Steamboat Rock, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| William | 10 | 77.0 years |
| George | 7 | 72.4 years |
| John | 6 | 74.7 years |
| Henry | 5 | 84.4 years |
| Elmer | 5 | 75.0 years |
| Grace | 5 | 81.4 years |
| Ben | 4 | 81.3 years |
| Mary | 4 | 78.7 years |
| Gladys | 4 | 83.3 years |
| Edward | 3 | 73.0 years |
| Most common last names in Steamboat Rock, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Luiken | 19 | 77.5 years |
| Harms | 9 | 78.2 years |
| Frerichs | 7 | 73.0 years |
| Jaspers | 7 | 79.9 years |
| Folkerts | 6 | 81.9 years |
| Freese | 6 | 82.3 years |
| Kolthoff | 5 | 72.6 years |
| Eckhoff | 5 | 75.4 years |
| Havens | 5 | 85.6 years |
| Gast | 4 | 81.0 years |
Steamboat Rock on our top lists:
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers"
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Mathematical science occupations"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers"
- #58 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers"
- #60 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Warehousing and storage"
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