Buena Vista County, Iowa (IA)

Races in Buena Vista County, Iowa:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $138,468

Here:	$138,468
State:	$179,425

Townhouses or other attached units: $94,889

Here:	$94,889
State:	$194,502

In 2-unit structures: $110,415

Here:	$110,415
State:	$132,478

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $171,123

Here:	$171,123
State:	$137,270

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $348,927

Here:	$348,927
State:	$129,372

Mobile homes: $29,832

Here:	$29,832
State:	$49,582

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

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: $1,654 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,448 (1.4%)

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: Clay County , Delaware County , Emmet County , Otsego County, New York , Hancock County , Ida County , Plymouth County , Sac County .

Current college students: 1,449
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,841 (35.2% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 7782010 or later
• 1,1262000 to 2009
• 9341990 to 1999
• 8431980 to 1989
• 1901970 to 1979
• 76Before 1970

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: 6,427
• One, attached: 95
• Two: 219
• 3 or 4: 413
• 5 to 9: 411
• 10 to 19: 216
• 20 to 49: 293
• 50 or more: 12
• Mobile homes: 297

Housing units in Buena Vista County with a mortgage: 2,704 (65 second mortgage, 184 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,389

Religion statistics for Buena Vista County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Buena Vista County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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: 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, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 09, 2011 to April 10, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1977: May 05, 2011, FEMA Id: 1977, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• 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 Winter Storms, Incident Period: January 19, 2010 to January 26, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1880: March 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 1880, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Iowa Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 23, 2009 to December 27, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1877: February 25, 2010, FEMA Id: 1877, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Iowa Snow, Incident Period: February 28, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3275: March 30, 2007, FEMA Id: 3275, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 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 Weather, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: June 13, 1998 to July 15, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1230: July 02, 1998, FEMA Id: 1230, Natural disaster type: Tornado, Flood
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.33% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($26,745 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.92% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($13,325 average AGI)
3.42% relocated from other states ($13,418 average AGI)

Buena Vista County:	3.42%
Iowa average:	2.41%

from Sac County, IA	0.32% ($37,760 average AGI)
from Pocahontas County, IA	0.31% ($27,000)
from Cherokee County, IA	0.26% ($31,800)
from Polk County, IA	0.22% ($21,059)
from Clay County, IA	0.20% ($23,000)
from Ida County, IA	0.18% ($18,000)
from Woodbury County, IA	0.14% ($23,091)

7.65% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($30,294 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.95% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($17,739 average AGI)
3.70% relocated to other states ($12,554 average AGI)

Buena Vista County:	3.70%
Iowa average:	2.60%

to Cherokee County, IA	0.43% ($36,029 average AGI)
to Clay County, IA	0.42% ($36,212)
to Polk County, IA	0.35% ($35,000)
to Pocahontas County, IA	0.34% ($22,704)
to Sac County, IA	0.30% ($40,125)
to Crawford County, IA	0.29% ($27,478)
to Cook County, IL	0.19% ($15,933)

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
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 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

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Buena Vista County

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

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: 16,678 (2,823 male householders, 2,266 female householders)

  3,995 spouses, 6,097 children (5,761 natural, 98 adopted, 241 stepchildren), 212 grandchildren, 229 brothers or sisters, 204 parents, 353 other relatives, 494 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,884 (1,272 male householders (999 living alone)), 1,153 female householders (1,089 living alone)), 455 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,050

Size of family households: 2,226 2-persons, 764 3-persons, 986 4-persons, 557 5-persons, 404 6-persons, 192 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,088 1-person, 237 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 8 5-persons.

3,338 married couples with children.
1,494 single-parent households (341 men, 1,153 women).

67.8% of residents of Buena Vista speak English at home.
23.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
8.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $114,299,000 ($5,671 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,832,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $47,094,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,322,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,282,000
Federal grants: $14,493,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,026,000 ($12,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,083,000 ($985,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,126,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,566,000
Federal Government insurance: $73,086,000

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)

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 1242014 or later
• 1072010 to 2013
• 4482000 to 2009
• 6991990 to 1999
• 5671980 to 1989
• 1,3761970 to 1979
• 1,0831960 to 1969
• 9041950 to 1959
• 5361940 to 1949
• 2,4901939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Buena Vista County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 01 room
• 72 rooms
• 1823 rooms
• 3894 rooms
• 9545 rooms
• 9906 rooms
• 7687 rooms
• 5968 rooms
• 1,2049+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 931 room
• 1752 rooms
• 4763 rooms
• 6964 rooms
• 3135 rooms
• 3156 rooms
• 1587 rooms
• 1298 rooms
• 1029+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Buena Vista County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 5no bedroom
• 1241 bedroom
• 1,0392 bedrooms
• 2,3073 bedrooms
• 1,2244 bedrooms
• 3975+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 106no bedroom
• 5031 bedroom
• 1,0312 bedrooms
• 5083 bedrooms
• 2284 bedrooms
• 825+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 74no vehicle
• 1,0711 vehicle
• 2,0622 vehicles
• 1,3323 vehicles
• 4484 vehicles
• 1175+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Buena Vista County population

• 299no vehicle
• 1,0461 vehicle
• 6962 vehicles
• 2953 vehicles
• 714 vehicles
• 585+ vehicles

82.5% of Buena Vista County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Iowa.

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

• This state: 12,080
• Other state: 4,647
• Northeast: 285
• Midwest: 2,074
• South: 797
• West: 1,499

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