Buchanan County, Iowa (IA)

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• • 20,29796.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3231.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1950.9%Two or more races
  • 1270.6%Asian alone
  • 740.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 640.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 90.04%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $189,896

Here:	$189,896
State:	$186,769

Townhouses or other attached units: $126,002

Here:	$126,002
State:	$183,349

In 2-unit structures: $171,503

Here:	$171,503
State:	$141,928

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $135,594

Here:	$135,594
State:	$142,668

Mobile homes: $86,786

Here:	$86,786
State:	$46,662

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 2017: $2,107 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $1,965 (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: 91.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 277 (57.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1032010 or later
• 412000 to 2009
• 671990 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: 7,808
• One, attached: 165
• Two: 123
• 3 or 4: 324
• 5 to 9: 171
• 10 to 19: 98
• 20 or more: 97
• Mobile homes: 424

Housing units in Buchanan County with a mortgage: 3,883 (88 second mortgage, 542 home equity loan, 66 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,792

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.

4.52% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,526 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.14% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($35,934 average AGI)
0.38% relocated from other states ($4,596 average AGI)

Buchanan County:	0.38%
Iowa average:	2.42%

from Black Hawk County, IA	1.51% ($47,545 average AGI)
from Fayette County, IA	0.73% ($35,655)
from Linn County, IA	0.50% ($30,625)

5.78% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($44,372 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.57% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($32,955 average AGI)
1.21% relocated to other states ($11,417 average AGI)

Buchanan County:	1.21%
Iowa average:	2.69%

to Black Hawk County, IA	1.07% ($38,138 average AGI)
to Fayette County, IA	0.89% ($34,542)
to Linn County, IA	0.72% ($40,707)

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: 17,362 (2,932 male householders, 2,526 female householders)

  4,586 spouses, 6,464 children (6,047 natural, 155 adopted, 258 stepchildren), 204 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 196 parents, 193 other relatives, 238 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,571 (1,423 male householders (1,186 living alone)), 1,449 female householders (1,182 living alone)), 688 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 336

Size of family households: 2,757 2-persons, 1,009 3-persons, 934 4-persons, 458 5-persons, 151 6-persons, 158 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,364 1-person, 433 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 37 4-persons.

4,410 married couples with children.
874 single-parent households (228 men, 646 women).

94.2% of residents of Buchanan speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 46% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% 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)

• Year house built in Buchanan County, Iowa
• 3952014 or later
• 1732010 to 2013
• 9912000 to 2009
• 8671990 to 1999
• 7281980 to 1989
• 1,4051970 to 1979
• 9341960 to 1969
• 8341950 to 1959
• 4311940 to 1949
• 2,5591939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Buchanan County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Iowa
• 161 room
• 122 rooms
• 1073 rooms
• 4804 rooms
• 1,1695 rooms
• 1,5536 rooms
• 1,0617 rooms
• 8268 rooms
• 1,4599+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Iowa
• 311 room
• 332 rooms
• 2733 rooms
• 4134 rooms
• 3425 rooms
• 2146 rooms
• 1467 rooms
• 788 rooms
• 1419+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Buchanan County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Iowa
• 17no bedroom
• 1611 bedroom
• 1,4642 bedrooms
• 3,1523 bedrooms
• 1,3874 bedrooms
• 4855+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Iowa
• 30no bedroom
• 2931 bedroom
• 7092 bedrooms
• 4973 bedrooms
• 1264 bedrooms
• 305+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 261no vehicle
• 1,2451 vehicle
• 2,6382 vehicles
• 1,6293 vehicles
• 6124 vehicles
• 3155+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in renter-occupied apartments
• 222no vehicle
• 6521 vehicle
• 5292 vehicles
• 2373 vehicles
• 354 vehicles
• 185+ vehicles

88.6% of Buchanan County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% 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: 18,288
• Other state: 2,538
• Northeast: 174
• Midwest: 1,522
• South: 465
• West: 375

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