Demographics of Van Buren County, Iowa

Van Buren County, Iowa had 7,131 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −90 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Van Buren County, in four figures

7,131
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.2%
Change since July 2020: −90 people.; 44.7 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,161 ±$6,234
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Van Buren County, Iowa's population shrank 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Van Buren County, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Van Buren County, Iowa's population shrank 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Van Buren County, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	7,221	100.0	100.0
2021	7,259	100.5	100.2
2022	7,253	100.4	100.7
2023	7,250	100.4	101.6
2024	7,187	99.5	102.5
2025	7,131	98.8	103.1

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Population of Van Buren County, Iowa on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	7,221	+15	+6	0	+8
2021	7,259	+38	−4	0	+37
2022	7,253	−6	+7	+1	−11
2023	7,250	−3	−7	0	+5
2024	7,187	−63	−2	+1	−62
2025	7,131	−56	−5	+1	−50

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.7 ±0.2: for men 44.5 ±0.3 and for women 45.9 ±1.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Van Buren County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Under 5	471 ±10	6.5% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,238 ±105	17.1% ±1.5	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	490 ±77	6.8% ±1.1	10.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,471 ±87	20.3% ±1.2	25.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,864 ±130	25.7% ±1.8	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,707 ±135	23.6% ±1.9	18.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,161 ±$6,234, and income per person $33,900 ±$2,985, in 2024 dollars. The median is $75,059 ±$418 in Iowa and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Van Buren County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Iowa	United States
Under $25,000	648 ±113	22.4% ±3.8	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	601 ±107	20.8% ±3.6	18.5% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	451 ±81	15.6% ±2.7	17.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	426 ±92	14.7% ±3.1	14.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	498 ±110	17.2% ±3.7	18.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	119 ±41	4.1% ±1.4	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	153 ±54	5.3% ±1.9	8.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Van Buren County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Iowa	United States
All ages	1,081 ±246	15.1% ±3.4	11.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	277 ±104	16.4% ±5.9	12.9% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	438 ±134	13.6% ±4.1	11.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	366 ±103	16.4% ±4.4	8.8% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Van Buren County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Van Buren County	Iowa	United States
Housing units	3,490 ±41	1,437,699 ±523	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.0% ±3.4	91.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.0% ±3.1	8.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.6% ±3.1	71.7% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.4% ±3.8	28.3% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$114,600 ±$15,520	$208,000 ±$1,141	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$622 ±$183	$972 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1970 ±4	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Van Buren County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Hispanic or Latino	128 ±0	1.8% ±<0.1	7.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,833 ±69	94.4% ±1.0	82.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	31 ±13	0.4% ±0.2	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 7	0% to 0.1%	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	7 to 133	0.1% to 1.8%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	172 ±34	2.4% ±0.5	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Van Buren County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Born in the state	5,292 ±263	73.1% ±3.6	69.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,862 ±254	25.7% ±3.5	23.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	3 to 81	< 0.1% to 1.1%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	19 to 71	0.3% to 1.0%	5.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	9 to 39	0.1% to 0.5%	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1 to 41	< 0.1% to 0.6%	3.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Van Buren County among the counties of Iowa

90th of 99 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Counties of Iowa near Van Buren County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Monona County	8,539	−2.4%
Decatur County	7,655	−0.9%
Monroe County	7,406	−2.6%
Adair County	7,403	−1.3%
Worth County	7,338	−1.3%
Van Buren County	7,131	−1.2%
Pocahontas County	6,819	−3.6%
Ida County	6,777	−3.4%
Wayne County	6,738	+3.6%
Fremont County	6,522	−0.8%
Osceola County	5,980	−3.6%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Iowa by homeownership rate
No. 1 Counties in Iowa by poverty rate
No. 9 Counties in Iowa by median age
No. 36 Counties in Iowa by median rent
No. 36 Counties in Iowa by per capita income
No. 41 Counties in Iowa by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026