Independence, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Independence is 41st out of 6,406 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Independence is 3rd in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Independence is 4th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - White

Independence is 8th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Female residents

Independence is 16th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	5,967	64th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6.1	54th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	982.1	68th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	52nd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	39th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.7%	16th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.1%	30th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.2%	33rd	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	97.6%	4th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	77th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	78th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	55th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	76th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	70th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	79th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.9%	3rd	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	53.2%	8th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	76th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	2,745	64th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.0%	70th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	2,505	63rd	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.5%	25th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,700	41st	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.3	47th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$26,987	23rd	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$49,341	28th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.2%	30th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Independence	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	536	64th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$122,533	51st	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,097	28th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,262	53rd	$4,737,719	$613,795,732