Buchanan County, Iowa (IA)

Races in Buchanan County, Iowa:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $182,429

Here:	$182,429
State:	$179,425

Townhouses or other attached units: $133,666

Here:	$133,666
State:	$194,502

In 2-unit structures: $160,084

Here:	$160,084
State:	$132,478

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $98,453

Here:	$98,453
State:	$129,372

Mobile homes: $92,217

Here:	$92,217
State:	$49,582

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 98
• Thefts: 70
• Auto thefts: 16

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 3
• Burglaries: 126
• Thefts: 67
• Auto thefts: 13

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,011 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,937 (1.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buchanan County is $414 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $498 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $642 a month.

Cities in this county include: Independence, Jesup, Fairbank, Hazleton, Winthrop, Quasqueton, Lamont, Brandon, Rowley, Aurora.

Neighboring counties: Butler County , Plymouth County, Massachusetts , Hardin County , Humboldt County , Linn County , Union County, South Dakota , Webster County .

Current college students: 546
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 267 (57.0% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 922010 or later
• 392000 to 2009
• 701990 to 1999
• 491980 to 1989
• 301970 to 1979
• 66Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 60.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,696
• One, attached: 156
• Two: 121
• 3 or 4: 343
• 5 to 9: 189
• 10 to 19: 96
• 20 or more: 92
• Mobile homes: 428

Housing units in Buchanan County with a mortgage: 3,743 (88 second mortgage, 534 home equity loan, 53 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,801

Religion statistics for Buchanan County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Buchanan County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Iowa Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 21, 2016 to October 03, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4289: October 31, 2016, FEMA Id: 4289, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 14, 2014 to June 24, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4184: July 24, 2014, FEMA Id: 4184, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 2013 to June 28, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4135: July 31, 2013, FEMA Id: 4135, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2013 to June 15, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4126: July 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4126, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 01, 2010 to August 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1930: July 29, 2010, FEMA Id: 1930, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1763: May 27, 2008, FEMA Id: 1763, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: February 23, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1688: March 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1688, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Iowa Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3239: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3239, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2004 to June 24, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1518: May 25, 2004, FEMA Id: 1518, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 03, 2002 to June 25, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1420: June 19, 2002, FEMA Id: 1420, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.20% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($33,039 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.04% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($25,531 average AGI)
1.15% relocated from other states ($7,507 average AGI)

Buchanan County:	1.15%
Iowa average:	2.41%

from Black Hawk County, IA	1.26% ($32,970 average AGI)
from Linn County, IA	0.63% ($31,600)
from Fayette County, IA	0.62% ($32,184)
from Delaware County, IA	0.25% ($22,000)
from Benton County, IA	0.16% ($40,846)
from Clayton County, IA	0.15% ($30,083)
from Polk County, IA	0.15% ($35,083)

5.51% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($35,307 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.39% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($27,345 average AGI)
1.11% relocated to other states ($7,959 average AGI)

Buchanan County:	1.11%
Iowa average:	2.60%

to Black Hawk County, IA	1.23% ($35,867 average AGI)
to Linn County, IA	0.85% ($34,250)
to Fayette County, IA	0.59% ($30,468)
to Delaware County, IA	0.21% ($6,529)
to Benton County, IA	0.20% ($26,688)
to Polk County, IA	0.19% ($45,267)
to Johnson County, IA	0.15% ($25,833)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Buchanan County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 17,431 (2,928 male householders, 2,533 female householders)

  4,563 spouses, 6,487 children (6,094 natural, 143 adopted, 250 stepchildren), 236 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 170 parents, 185 other relatives, 273 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,444 (1,334 male householders (1,143 living alone)), 1,476 female householders (1,223 living alone)), 631 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 338

Size of family households: 2,723 2-persons, 1,031 3-persons, 912 4-persons, 476 5-persons, 174 6-persons, 150 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,367 1-person, 378 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 30 4-persons.

4,293 married couples with children.
921 single-parent households (199 men, 722 women).

94.6% of residents of Buchanan speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 45% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $108,398,000 ($5,151 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $959,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $48,854,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,761,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,204,000
Federal grants: $13,926,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,820,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,834,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,069,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,036,000
Federal Government insurance: $68,133,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-27 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.45 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 2482014 or later
• 1632010 to 2013
• 9292000 to 2009
• 9021990 to 1999
• 7821980 to 1989
• 1,4531970 to 1979
• 9561960 to 1969
• 8261950 to 1959
• 4121940 to 1949
• 2,4891939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Buchanan County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 141 room
• 132 rooms
• 1143 rooms
• 4644 rooms
• 1,1495 rooms
• 1,5056 rooms
• 1,0417 rooms
• 8158 rooms
• 1,4229+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 291 room
• 342 rooms
• 2803 rooms
• 4324 rooms
• 3065 rooms
• 2446 rooms
• 1427 rooms
• 1168 rooms
• 1419+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Buchanan County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 12no bedroom
• 1641 bedroom
• 1,4312 bedrooms
• 3,1233 bedrooms
• 1,3404 bedrooms
• 4605+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 28no bedroom
• 3161 bedroom
• 6982 bedrooms
• 5093 bedrooms
• 1484 bedrooms
• 315+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County, Iowa in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 265no vehicle
• 1,1921 vehicle
• 2,6162 vehicles
• 1,6453 vehicles
• 5754 vehicles
• 2675+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Buchanan County population

• 226no vehicle
• 6831 vehicle
• 5332 vehicles
• 2303 vehicles
• 344 vehicles
• 215+ vehicles

87.8% of Buchanan County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 18,295
• Other state: 2,517
• Northeast: 179
• Midwest: 1,497
• South: 452
• West: 386

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 287
• Number of aged recipients: 22
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 265
• Number of recipients under 18: 54
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 186
• Number of recipients older than 64: 47
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 121
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 112