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Fayette County, IA

People
Population19,288B01003
Population, 2020 census19,509P1
Median age43.9B01002
Under 1821.4%B01001
65 and over22.9%B01001
Households8,342B11001
Foreign born2.1%B05002
Money
Median household income$60,165B19013
Median family income$81,360B19113
Per capita income$35,469B19301
Poverty rate12.0%B17001
Unemployment rate3.2%B23025
Civilian labor force9,461B23025
Mean commute (minutes)22.5B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher20.7%B15003
Housing
Housing units9,320B25001
Owner-occupied76.5%B25003
Renters23.5%B25003
Median home value$136,800B25077
Median gross rent$881B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic91.0%B03002
Black0.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.1%B03002
Asian0.9%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%B03002

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 80% of Iowa's ($75,059); poverty 12.0% against 11.1%; 0.6% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 801: 2,633Census Tract 802: 3,397Census Tract 803: 2,303Census Tract 804: 2,845Census Tract 805: 3,205Census Tract 806: 2,281Census Tract 807: 2,624OelweinWest UnionFayetteElginClermontHawkeyeMaynardArlingtonWaucomaWestgateWadenaSt. LucasZIP 50662: 94 nonprofits, $24,719,187ZIP 52175: 73 nonprofits, $53,294,019ZIP 52142: 33 nonprofits, $49,996,669ZIP 52135: 22 nonprofits, $59,609ZIP 52141: 21 nonprofits, $732,168ZIP 52147: 16 nonprofits, $5,757,088ZIP 52171: 16 nonprofits, $783,115ZIP 50606: 13 nonprofits, $85,099ZIP 50655: 6 nonprofits, $82,032ZIP 52166: 3 nonprofits, $170,992ZIP 50671: 3 nonprofitsZIP 52169: 3 nonprofitsZIP 50664: 3 nonprofits, $29,478ZIP 50681: 3 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,3032,303 to 2,6242,624 to 2,8452,845 to 3,205over 3,205nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Fayette County, IA

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits309$135,709,456 revenue (latest return)PALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER INC ($50,981,244)
Nonprofit contractors10$23,137,320 paid by nonprofitsWEST UNION TRENCHING ($15,016,892)
Colleges and schools13,102 enrollmentUpper Iowa University (3,102)
Political committees3IOWA FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN, INC.
Form 5500 plan sponsors6482 plansUPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY (9)
Open Payments recipients31$12,685 industry paymentsFRANCIS J. KASZUBA ($4,996)
Patent and trademark owners24130 patents and marksDriftless Meats, LLC (47)
Federal award recipients1,954$271,908,593 federal awardsUPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY ($177,750,688)
State business registrations68DON BUSHAW CHEVROLET-BUICK, INC.

Cross-reference: 309 nonprofits for 19,288 residents is 160.2 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $135,709,456 is $7,036 per resident, 27.0% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1JACK DUSENBERYFORMER OFFICERMERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCAN SISTERS INC$728,110202412.1x
2RYAN MEYERCOOMERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCAN SISTERS INC$557,28820249.3x
3KELLY RICHARDSCHIEF NURSING OFFICERMERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCAN SISTERS INC$504,94820248.4x
4TIMOTHY HUBERASSISTANT TREASURER; VP OF FINANCEMERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCAN SISTERS INC$397,26820246.6x
5WILLIAM R DUFFY IIPRESIDENT (OUTGOING)UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY$361,28020236.0x
6DR MORDECHAI LEDERMANSECRETARY/TREASURER (THRU 01/2024)PALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER INC$359,53420236.0x
7KATHY FRANKENPRESIDENT AND CFOUPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY$320,88220245.3x
8JILL GROTHVP, SITE ADMINISTRATORMERCY HOSPITAL OF FRANCISCAN SISTERS INC$272,23120244.5x
9PATRICE KUENNENADMINISTRATORPALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER INC$253,82920244.2x
10BRENDA MOSERFINANCE ADMINISTRATORPALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER INC$231,78220243.9x

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 $60,165.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 7 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 8023,397$57,40215.4%41.3
Census Tract 8053,205$47,4559.3%43.1
Census Tract 8042,845$46,58127.6%40.5
Census Tract 8012,633$54,20210.9%42.2
Census Tract 8072,624$81,1674.1%47.3
Census Tract 8032,303$86,3337.9%46.0
Census Tract 8062,281$71,6676.0%50.3

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