Kossuth County, Iowa

Kossuth County has a population of 14,516 and has shrunk 3.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $148,300, about 2.2 times the county's median household income of $67,697.

Home price
$148,300
Income
$67,697
Population
14,516
Unemployment
1.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$148,300county
Median gross rent$859county
Median year homes here were built1962county
Share of homes built before 198077.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,176(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$919county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$700county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,102county
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$67,697county
Family health premium / yr$22,954(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,605(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.721(statewide)
Poverty rate8.2%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 home7.2%county
Unemployment rate1.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.8%county
Share of workers employed by government11.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.2%county
Economic output per resident$96,357county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.00%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 time16.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service41 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport7733county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.2 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 station129 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.1%county
Traffic deaths34.4county
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 higher22.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.1%county
Public schools in the county8county
Public school enrollment1954county
Students per full-time teacher15.1county
Free lunch eligible41.0%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools2county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution30 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians48county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here1county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.4%county
Frequent mental distress13.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.1%county

Place

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

Population14,516county
Land area in square miles973county
People per square mile of land14.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores6county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store16.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract17.5%county
Population change since 2020-3.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age44.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.4%county
Share of households that are one person35.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.4%county
Second languages4.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls78.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents277county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-9county
Households that moved in289county
Households that moved away339county
Average income of arriving households$51,249county
Average income of departing households$53,805county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4county
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 temperature47.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation33.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.94 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing137 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days157 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 1county
Average first fall frostOct 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$183county
Electric utilities serving this county7county
Electricity price per kWh13.6¢county
Household electricity use1,303 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity14.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas53.2%county
Homes heated by propane29.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.9%county
Homes heated by wood0.8%county
Households with broadband87.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk26.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk93.9county
Landslide risk31.0county
Hail risk51.7county
Earthquake risk11.5county
Tornado risk61.1county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk10.1county
Winter weather risk71.1county
Strong wind risk36.9county
Wildfire risk13.3county

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 Kossuth 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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