What is the population of Mount Ayr city?

Mount Ayr city has 1,739 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #190 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Mount Ayr city?

Median household income in Mount Ayr city is $68,676 a year, 12.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Ayr city?

Median gross rent is $694 a month and the median home value is $144,500, so rent absorbs about 12.1% of median household income.

Is Mount Ayr city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Ayr city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mount Ayr, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mount Ayr, Iowa (Mount Ayr, IA — Census place “Mount Ayr city”) is 1,739 residents, ranking #190 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $68,676, the median home is worth $144,500 and median gross rent runs $694 a month. Looking for the Mount Ayr Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mount Ayr, IA: 50854.

Population: 1,739Mount Ayr city residents
Median household income: $68,676Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $144,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $694Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.5%Owner-occupied households

Mount Ayr ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mount Ayr.

The Mount Ayr IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

50854

What the numbers mean in Mount Ayr city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mount Ayr city median would spend about 12.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 69.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mount Ayr city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mount Ayr city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,739 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #190 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 40.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Mount Ayr city earn a median of $68,676 a year, 12.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mount Ayr city is valued at $144,500, 52.4% below the national figure and 8% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $694 a month, 50.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,328 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 69.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Mount Ayr city?: Mount Ayr city has 1,739 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #190 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Mount Ayr city?: Median household income in Mount Ayr city is $68,676 a year, 12.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Ayr city?: Median gross rent is $694 a month and the median home value is $144,500, so rent absorbs about 12.1% of median household income.
Is Mount Ayr city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Ayr city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mount Ayr city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.