What is the population of Pella city?

Pella city has 10,624 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #38 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Pella city?

Median household income in Pella city is $81,201 a year, 3.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,041 a month and the median home value is $259,600, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

Is Pella city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pella city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pella, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pella, Iowa (Pella, IA — Census place “Pella city”) is 10,624 residents, ranking #38 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $81,201, the median home is worth $259,600 and median gross rent runs $1,041 a month. Looking for the Pella Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pella, IA: 50219.

Population: 10,624Pella city residents
Median household income: $81,201Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $259,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,041Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.6%Owner-occupied households

Pella ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pella.

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

50219

What the numbers mean in Pella city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pella city median would spend about 15.4% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.4% of residents and 62.6% of households own their home.

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

Pella city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pella city is a mid-size town in Iowa, with 10,624 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #38 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 35.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Pella city earn a median of $81,201 a year, 3.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 20% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 4.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pella city is valued at $259,600, 14.4% below the national figure and 66% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,041 a month, 26% below the national figure, or roughly $12,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 Pella city?: Pella city has 10,624 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #38 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Pella city?: Median household income in Pella city is $81,201 a year, 3.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pella city?: Median gross rent is $1,041 a month and the median home value is $259,600, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Pella city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pella city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pella city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.