Black Hawk County, Iowa

Black Hawk County has a population of 131,049 and has grown 0.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $188,900, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $66,417.

Home price
$188,900
Income
$66,417
Population
131,049
Unemployment
4.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$188,900county
Median gross rent$989county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198070.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,011county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,051county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$801county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,357county
Home insurance / yr$2,902(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.7(statewide)
Median household income$66,417county
Family health premium / yr$22,954(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,605(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.721(statewide)
Poverty rate14.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.9%county
Unemployment rate4.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.5%county
Share of workers employed by government13.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.2%county
Economic output per resident$76,607county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.50%county
Top state income tax3.80%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.80%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.94%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time15.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.9 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport12006county
Miles to nearest general aviation field19 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station102 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.3%county
Traffic deaths22.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.6(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher30.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.9%county
Public schools in the county34county
Public school enrollment18224county
Students per full-time teacher14.0county
Free lunch eligible51.5%county
Elementary schools21county
Middle schools6county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public66.7%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians95county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.6%county
Frequent mental distress16.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population131,049county
Land area in square miles566county
People per square mile of land232.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores31county
Convenience stores18county
Share living far from a food store10.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.7%county
Population change since 2020+0.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age35.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.5%county
Second languages8.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls49.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents128county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in2,851county
Households that moved away2,876county
Average income of arriving households$48,443county
Average income of departing households$54,960county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year488county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings66.2%county
Violent crime rate243(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature49.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.4 incounty
Annual snowfall34.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.90 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing137 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days153 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 5county
Average first fall frostOct 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$107county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.2¢county
Household electricity use789 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas63.4%county
Homes heated by propane4.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband89.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk76.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk96.7county
Landslide risk31.8county
Hail risk87.3county
Earthquake risk39.1county
Tornado risk91.4county
Tropical cyclone risk17.1county
Extreme heat risk44.8county
Winter weather risk93.0county
Strong wind risk94.7county
Wildfire risk36.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Black Hawk County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Iowa figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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