Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.2%), Manufacturing (22.1%), Retail trade (11.7%).

Type of workers:

Buena Vista County, Iowa business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Buena Vista County, Iowa:

Median resident age:	36.4 years
Iowa median age:	36.6 years

Males: 10,225	(50.1%)
Females: 10,186	(49.9%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $138,702

Here:	$138,702
State:	$151,570

Townhouses or other attached units: $348,971

Here:	$348,971
State:	$156,028

In 2-unit structures: $37,077

Here:	$37,077
State:	$128,390

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $87,546

Here:	$87,546
State:	$135,565

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $659,488

Here:	$659,488
State:	$110,680

Mobile homes: $32,232

Here:	$32,232
State:	$29,315

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 33
• Thefts: 54
• Auto thefts: 5

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 25
• Thefts: 66
• Auto thefts: 3

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,048 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $945 (1.1%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buena Vista County is $391 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $512 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $614 a month.

Cities in this county include: Storm Lake, Alta, Newell, Sioux Rapids, Albert City, Lakeside, Marathon, Rembrandt, Linn Grove, Truesdale.

Neighboring counties: Calhoun County , Cherokee County , Clay County , Ida County , O'Brien County , Palo Alto County , Pocahontas County , Sac County .

Current college students: 1,449
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,541 (23% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,498
• One, attached: 115
• Two: 221
• 3 or 4: 427
• 5 to 9: 300
• 10 to 19: 89
• 20 or more: 163
• Mobile homes: 332

Housing units in Buena Vista County with a mortgage: 2,394 (168 second mortgage, 230 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,874

Religion statistics:

Here		66.9%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Buena Vista County:

Tornado activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 6,958 (72%) Carpooled: 1,158 (12%) Bus or trolley bus: 21 (0%) Motorcycle: 4 (0%) Bicycle: 40 (0%) Walked: 748 (8%) Other means: 74 (1%) Worked at home: 640 (7%)

6.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,092 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.03% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($12,984 average AGI)
3.15% relocated from other states ($14,108 average AGI)

Buena Vista County:	3.15%
Iowa average:	2.55%

from Cherokee County, IA	0.32% ($26,957 average AGI)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.31% ($22,545)
from Sac County, IA	0.29% ($29,762)
from Clay County, IA	0.28% ($24,200)
from Pocahontas County, IA	0.18% ($26,462)
from Ida County, IA	0.17% ($25,667)
from Woodbury County, IA	0.17% ($21,750)

8.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,115 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.62% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($17,051 average AGI)
3.58% relocated to other states ($12,065 average AGI)

Buena Vista County:	3.58%
Iowa average:	2.80%

to Polk County, IA	0.63% ($25,935 average AGI)
to Pocahontas County, IA	0.38% ($25,786)
to Sac County, IA	0.37% ($26,000)
to Cherokee County, IA	0.37% ($37,000)
to Clay County, IA	0.35% ($20,962)
to Story County, IA	0.25% ($30,000)
to Woodbury County, IA	0.19% ($75,857)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 2.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.3

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,569 (3,289 aged, 280 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 16,117 (4,387 male householders, 761 female householders)

  4,348 spouses, 5,878 children (5,361 natural, 178 adopted, 339 stepchildren), 111 grandchildren, 104 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 162 other relatives, 284 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,908 (1,075 male householders (808 living alone)), 1,291 female householders (1,211 living alone)), 542 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,386 (379 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,450 2-persons, 902 3-persons, 962 4-persons, 499 5-persons, 223 6-persons, 112 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,019 1-person, 258 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

83.4% of residents of Buena Vista County speak English at home.
11.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

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

Here:	-66 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.79 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

59% of Buena Vista County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.

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

• This state: 14182
• Northeast: 185
• Midwest: 1980
• South: 521
• West: 905

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,400

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 223
• Number of aged recipients: 24
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 199
• Number of recipients under 18: 44
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 132
• Number of recipients older than 64: 47
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 73
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 84

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