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Union County, IA

People
Population11,993B01003
Population, 2020 census12,138P1
Median age40.5B01002
Under 1822.5%B01001
65 and over20.8%B01001
Households5,116B11001
Foreign born1.8%B05002
Money
Median household income$57,772B19013
Median family income$77,098B19113
Per capita income$31,697B19301
Poverty rate12.4%B17001
Unemployment rate4.0%B23025
Civilian labor force5,655B23025
Mean commute (minutes)15.8B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%B15003
Housing
Housing units5,785B25001
Owner-occupied72.1%B25003
Renters27.9%B25003
Median home value$122,000B25077
Median gross rent$721B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic91.9%B03002
Black0.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.8%B03002
Asian0.9%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%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 77% of Iowa's ($75,059); poverty 12.4% against 11.1%; 0.4% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 1901: 2,450Census Tract 1902: 3,484Census Tract 1903: 1,788Census Tract 1904: 4,271CrestonAftonLorimorShannon CityCromwellArispeThayerKentZIP 50801: 131 nonprofits, $37,590,450ZIP 50830: 23 nonprofits, $748,614ZIP 50861: 3 nonprofitsZIP 50254: 2 nonprofits, $1,785,283Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 1,7881,788 to 2,4502,450 to 3,484over 3,484nonprofits (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 Union County, IA

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits159$40,124,347 revenue (latest return)SOUTHERN IOWA RURAL WATER ($10,741,641)
Nonprofit contractors3$904,500 paid by nonprofitsFELDHACKER CONTRACTING ($559,102)
Colleges and schools11,633 enrollmentSouthwestern Community College (1,633)
Political committees1E. JOYCE SCHULTE FOR CONGRESS
Form 5500 plan sponsors2842 plansFANSTEEL, INC (7)
Open Payments recipients61$74,023 industry paymentsTIMOTHY D. RANKIN ($11,713)
Patent and trademark owners1932 patents and marksVanmark Equipment, LLC (7)
Federal award recipients1,135$264,453,264 federal awardsSOUTHERN IOWA RGNAL HSING AUTHORITY ($119,057,912)
State business registrations33EFFISGY, INC - FORMERLY THE FEDERATED SOFTWARE GROUP INC.

Cross-reference: 159 nonprofits for 11,993 residents is 132.6 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $40,124,347 is $3,346 per resident, 13.6% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1DR MARJORIE MCGUIRE-WELCHFORMER DIRECTORSOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$298,12120245.2x
2ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAINEXECUTIVE DIRECTORINTERNATIONAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ISMA INC$242,90620244.2x
3DR BARBARA CRITTENDENDIRECTOR-FORMERSOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$223,72920213.9x
4LINDSAY STOAKSDIRECTORSOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$221,72020243.8x
5ELIZABETH CHAMBERLINEXECUTIVE DIRECTORINTERNATIONAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ISMA INC$198,35520233.4x
6BETH WADDLEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL DECEMBER 2024SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC$134,28720242.3x
7DAVE BECKEXECUTIVE DIRECTORSOUTHERN IOWA RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC$134,00020192.3x
8MOLLY JINDIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & KNOWLEDGE MGMTINTERNATIONAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ISMA INC$123,40820242.1x
9BRANDI SHAYTREASURERSOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$116,15720242.0x
10RONALD LUDWIGEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JAN 2021)MATURA ACTION CORPORATION$109,43420201.9x

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 $57,772.

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 4 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 19044,271$52,61114.1%39.1
Census Tract 19023,484$58,82116.5%41.3
Census Tract 19012,450$60,03910.4%38.0
Census Tract 19031,788$80,5363.2%50.1

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