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Buchanan County, IA

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 104% of Iowa's ($75,059); poverty 8.6% against 11.1%; 0.6% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Independence 6,164 · median household income $73,806
• Jesup 2,561 · median household income $89,408
• Fairbank 1,275 · median household income $89,712
• Winthrop 1,040 · median household income $69,792
• Hazleton 720 · median household income $51,964
• Quasqueton 703 · median household income $75,000
• Lamont 514 · median household income $61,250
• Rowley 353 · median household income $60,313
• Brandon 307 · median household income $61,250
• Aurora 214 · median household income $62,656
• Stanley 69 · median household income $70,500

FURP records in Buchanan County, IA

Cross-reference: 255 nonprofits for 20,694 residents is 123.2 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $13,333,682 is $644 per resident, 2.1% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $78,236.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• FRUCHTENICHT & INVESTMENT CENTER FOUNDATION Independence, IA · $1,439,131
• BUCHANAN COUNTY AMISH HOSPITAL AID Hazleton, IA · $1,226,671
• CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF BUCHANAN COUNTY Independence, IA · $964,002
• MUSTANG FOUNDATION INC Independence, IA · $760,753
• BUCHANAN COUNTY FAIR ASSOC Independence, IA · $624,974
• COMMUNITY HOUSING INC Independence, IA · $562,303
• BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC Independence, IA · $541,213
• FAIRBANK COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER Fairbank, IA · $532,702
• KIDS CORNER CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER INC Winthrop, IA · $399,093
• BUCHANAN COUNTY VOLUNTEER SERVICES INC Independence, IA · $301,573

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• LARSON CONSTRUCTION Independence, IA · $29,185,144
• OPERATION THRESHOLD Independence, IA · $2,024,131
• MAURER TREE SERVICE LLC Fairbank, IA · $1,699,474
• CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL Independence, IA · $462,828
• LEGACY ROOFING OF IOWA Fairbank, IA · $382,640
• BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER Independence, IA · $275,911

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

• Iowa Aronia Growers & Processors, LLC Fairbank, IA

Political committees

• LANGE FOR CONGRESS Independence, IA
• LANGE FOR CONGRESS 2012 Independence, IA

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• GEATER MACHINING & MANUFACTURING CO Independence, IA · 5
• BOUBIN TIRE CO., INC. Independence, IA · 2
• EAST BUCHANAN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE Winthrop, IA · 2
• GARY SOULES ED JONES RETIREMENT PLAN Lamont, IA · 2
• HAWKEYE TOOL & DIE, INC Jesup, IA · 2
• LARSON CONSTRUCTION Independence, IA · 2
• PRIES ENTERPRISES, INC. Independence, IA · 2
• BACHMAN TOOL & DIE CO. Independence, IA · 1
• BANKIOWA Independence, IA · 1
• BLOOM INC. Independence, IA · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• ERIN SINRAM Fairbank, IA · $4,122
• BRADLEY KEGLER Independence, IA · $2,302
• KURT Anthony HOUSE Independence, IA · $1,905
• DUANE DONALD JASPER Independence, IA · $1,803
• SARA KING Jesup, IA · $1,678
• JENNIFER J. TORGERSON Independence, IA · $1,665
• DAVID FAHEY Independence, IA · $1,647
• RICKY Regan MCCORMICK Independence, IA · $1,433
• DANIEL KEGLER Independence, IA · $1,030
• BRADLEY BOYLE Independence, IA · $1,029

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Code of Silence, LLC Jesup, IA · 5
• BigWeiner, LLC Jesup, IA · 4
• GEATER MACHINING AND MANUFACTURING, CO. Independence, IA · 4
• Hard Facts, LLC Stanley, IA · 4
• Open Door Hospitality, Inc. Independence, IA · 3
• 3DYou Today, Inc. Rowley, IA · 2
• Bloom Inc. Independence, IA · 2
• Clever Tech Inc. Jesup, IA · 2
• Home Indeed, Inc. Independence, IA · 2
• Iowa Wall Sawing, Inc. Independence, IA · 2

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• CITY OF INDEPENDENCE Independence, IA · $12,226,844
• EAST BUCHANAN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE Winthrop, IA · $7,911,883
• BUCHANAN CTY COURT HOUSE Independence, IA · $4,121,846
• COMMUNITY HSG INC Independence, IA · $2,630,760
• WIELAND & SONS LUMBER COMPANY Winthrop, IA · $2,450,457
• PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL Independence, IA · $2,417,629
• BURCO TRUCKING INC Independence, IA · $1,705,352
• SHILOH FARMS LTD Fairbank, IA · $1,002,111
• SHORT BROS Winthrop, IA · $935,084
• G R WILSON FARMS LTD Fairbank, IA · $829,640

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0