Washington County, Iowa (IA)

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• • 20,01288.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,6537.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6562.9%Two or more races
  • 910.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 870.4%Asian alone
  • 580.3%Some other race alone
  • 190.08%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $252,751

Here:	$252,751
State:	$245,224

Townhouses or other attached units: $252,684

Here:	$252,684
State:	$238,767

In 2-unit structures: $168,375

Here:	$168,375
State:	$243,070

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $145,239

Here:	$145,239
State:	$190,519

Mobile homes: $44,612

Here:	$44,612
State:	$51,271

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 39
• Burglaries: 20
• Thefts: 49
• Auto thefts: 10

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 35
• Burglaries: 31
• Thefts: 45
• Auto thefts: 9

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,519 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,597 (1.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Washington County is $397 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $504 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $643 a month.

Cities in this county include: Washington, Kalona, Wellman, Riverside, Brighton, Ainsworth, Crawfordsville, West Chester.

Neighboring counties: Henry County , Iowa County , Jasper County , Keokuk County , Madison County , Putnam County, Ohio .

Current college students: 584
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 900 (42.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1762010 or later
• 2782000 to 2009
• 1321990 to 1999
• 811980 to 1989
• 271970 to 1979
• 65Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,703
• One, attached: 380
• Two: 256
• 3 or 4: 370
• 5 to 9: 339
• 10 to 19: 164
• 20 to 49: 112
• 50 or more: 32
• Mobile homes: 326
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13

Housing units in Washington County with a mortgage: 3,824 (708 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 295 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108

Religion statistics for Washington County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Washington County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Iowa Severe Storms, Incident Period: August 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4557, Natural disaster type: Storm
• Iowa Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: March 17, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4483-IA: March 23, 2020, FEMA Id: 4483, Natural disaster type: Other
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2014 to July 08, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4187: August 05, 2014, FEMA Id: 4187, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, 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 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 Storm, Incident Period: December 10, 2007 to December 11, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1737: January 04, 2008, FEMA Id: 1737, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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 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
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.39% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($48,706 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.70% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($35,609 average AGI)
1.70% relocated from other states ($13,097 average AGI)

Washington County:	1.70%
Iowa average:	2.75%

from Johnson County, IA	1.87% ($46,909 average AGI)
from Linn County, IA	0.44% ($55,692)
from Henry County, IA	0.33% ($53,414)
from Keokuk County, IA	0.33% ($49,345)
from Louisa County, IA	0.26% ($51,348)

6.54% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($48,124 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.72% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($33,991 average AGI)
1.82% relocated to other states ($14,133 average AGI)

Washington County:	1.82%
Iowa average:	2.79%

to Johnson County, IA	1.68% ($50,329 average AGI)
to Henry County, IA	0.47% ($38,333)
to Linn County, IA	0.35% ($54,387)
to Keokuk County, IA	0.34% ($54,300)
to Jefferson County, IA	0.23% ($40,050)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Washington 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:

• Male householders: 4,678 (1,117 living alone), Female householders: 4,525 (1,397 living alone)

• 5,077 spouses (5,024 opposite-sex spouses), 661 unmarried partners, (643 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,469 children (6,054 natural, 173 adopted, 238 stepchildren), 178 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 94 parents, 4 foster children, 122 other relatives, 415 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 383

Size of family households: 3,164 2-persons, 1,027 3-persons, 1,176 4-persons, 659 5-persons, 180 6-persons, 56 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,514 1-person, 308 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 44 4-persons.

3,931 married couples with children.
1,287 single-parent households (402 men, 885 women).

92.4% of residents of Washington speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $114,940,000 ($5,396 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,357,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $53,300,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,646,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,452,000
Federal grants: $13,436,000
Federal procurement contracts: $809,000 ($30,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,296,000 ($4,933,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,369,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,845,000
Federal Government insurance: $49,524,000

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

Here:	+15 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.53 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Washington County, Iowa
• 192020 or later
• 4012010 to 2019
• 1,1182000 to 2009
• 7901990 to 1999
• 6251980 to 1989
• 1,0621970 to 1979
• 8851960 to 1969
• 5671950 to 1959
• 4451940 to 1949
• 3,6251939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Iowa
• 141 room
• 32 rooms
• 1663 rooms
• 2834 rooms
• 8275 rooms
• 1,2566 rooms
• 1,2937 rooms
• 9928 rooms
• 1,8329+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Iowa
• 601 room
• 1602 rooms
• 2693 rooms
• 5884 rooms
• 5645 rooms
• 2906 rooms
• 2117 rooms
• 1888 rooms
• 2179+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Iowa
• 20no bedroom
• 1041 bedroom
• 1,2612 bedrooms
• 2,9833 bedrooms
• 1,5804 bedrooms
• 6935+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Iowa
• 71no bedroom
• 4361 bedroom
• 1,1532 bedrooms
• 5573 bedrooms
• 2724 bedrooms
• 855+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 201no vehicle
• 1,2791 vehicle
• 2,7822 vehicles
• 1,4833 vehicles
• 5944 vehicles
• 2955+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in renter-occupied apartments
• 230no vehicle
• 1,2211 vehicle
• 6872 vehicles
• 3663 vehicles
• 514 vehicles
• 65+ vehicles

88.7% of Washington County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Iowa.

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

• This state: 17,915
• Other state: 3,778
• Northeast: 188
• Midwest: 2,062
• South: 819
• West: 711

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 276
• Number of aged recipients: 20
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 256
• Number of recipients under 18: 52
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 183
• Number of recipients older than 64: 41
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 108
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 126