Davis County, Iowa

Davis County has a population of 9,157 and has grown 1.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $161,900, about 2.1 times the county's median household income of $77,194.

Home price
$161,900
Income
$77,194
Population
9,157
Unemployment
2.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$161,900county
Median gross rent$868county
Median year homes here were built1973county
Share of homes built before 198064.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented16.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,176(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,043county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$795county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,251county
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$77,194county
Family health premium / yr$22,954(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,605(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.721(statewide)
Poverty rate7.2%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 home11.5%county
Unemployment rate2.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed15.1%county
Share of workers employed by government11.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry18.4%county
Economic output per resident$44,484county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.40%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 time25.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service47 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5611county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station18 micounty
Households without a vehicle15.6%county
Traffic deaths21.8county
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 higher17.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher80.9%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment1113county
Students per full-time teacher14.1county
Free lunch eligible44.6%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution29 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians22county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance25.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.0%county
Frequent mental distress15.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.2%county

Place

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

Population9,157county
Land area in square miles502county
People per square mile of land18.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store11.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents8county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age36.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1829.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.1%county
Share of households that are one person20.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.4%county
Second languages22.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls41.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents340county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in140county
Households that moved away158county
Average income of arriving households$56,593county
Average income of departing households$48,943county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.9%(statewide)
Violent crime rate243(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature52.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.8 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.05 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F19 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing112 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days192 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 11county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$143county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh16.4¢county
Household electricity use887 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity15.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas25.6%county
Homes heated by propane40.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood16.2%county
Households with broadband73.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk32.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk98.7county
Landslide risk79.5county
Hail risk57.6county
Earthquake risk33.3county
Tornado risk68.7county
Tropical cyclone risk13.9county
Extreme heat risk75.7county
Winter weather risk29.8county
Strong wind risk64.0county
Wildfire risk68.6county

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 teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Davis 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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