Webster County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 30,940 83.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,439 6.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,201 3.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 437 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,736 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 38 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 95 0.3%

• Under 18 7,885 21.4%
• 18–24 4,220 11.4%
• 25–44 8,796 23.8%
• 45–64 8,662 23.5%
• 65 and over 7,323 19.9%

Median household income

$66,298

90% interval $59,146–$73,450

−$9,325 vs IA · 79th of 99

Below poverty line

13.1%

90% interval 10.5%–15.7%

+1.9 pp vs IA · 20th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

1.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,614

Establishments

1,168

• Education & health services 4,277 24.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,156 24.0%
• Manufacturing 2,630 15.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,547 8.9%
• Construction 1,333 7.7%
• Public administration 1,056 6.1%
• Professional & business services 944 5.4%
• Financial activities 462 2.7%
• Other services 404 2.3%
• Information 241 1.4%
• Natural resources & mining 155 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.3%

−1.4 pp vs IA · 85th of 99

Median gross rent

$785

−$187 vs IA · 63rd of 99

Owner-occupied

10,815

Renter-occupied

4,560

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $82,530/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,984/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,850 64.9%
• Democratic 5,641 33.8%
• Other / third-party 215 1.3%

• Spanish 1,043 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 186 0.5%
• Chinese 119 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 118 0.3%
• Korean 54 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 11 0.0%
• Tagalog 9 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

15,375

Family households

8,263

53.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,125

25.7% of families

Single-mother families

534

6.5% of families

Veterans

1,695

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 7,190 19.4%
• Catholic 6,147 16.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,396 11.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 519 1.4%
• Black Protestant 160 0.4%

Health insured

93.7%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±1 pp

24th of 99

With a disability

14.0%

±1.2 pp

44th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

22.0%

±1.9 pp

−9.4 pp vs IA · 57th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.6%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Judicial District Court

Judges

16 (District Court judges per Judicial Election District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). District Associate, Associate Juvenile, and Magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) are separately allocated and not counted here. Vintage 2026 iowacourts.gov directory; counts cross-checked against Iowa Code § 602.6201.)

Court seats

Allison, Boone, Carroll, Charles City, Clarion, Dakota City, Eldora, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Garner, Hampton, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Mason City, Nevada, Northwood, Osage, Pocahontas, Rockwell City, Sac City, Waverly, Webster City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

13.79 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3