Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety89#343/3,096
Economy86#455/3,143
Housing97#105/3,140
Health85#466/3,144
Healthcare66#1,065/3,143
Environment82#551/3,108
Education64#1,125/3,144
Infrastructure57#1,366/3,144
Community97#109/3,144
Leisure & amenities71#917/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hamilton County, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Iowa 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Severe housing problems · low6.5%
98/100Iowa 11.4%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
97/100Iowa 3.2United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Rent as share of income · low20.5%
96/100Iowa 27.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Flu vaccinations · high52.0%
93/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food environment index · high9.0
93/100Iowa 8.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
15/100Iowa 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New homes permitted · low0.3 /1k
17/100Iowa 4.1 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Effective property tax rate · high1.17%
19/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Job growth · low-2.3%
20/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Distance to an Amtrak station · high95 mi
22/100Iowa 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Primary care physicians · low27 /100k
23/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
53% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−53 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Mental health providersImproving
48 /100k (2021) → 101 /100k (2025)
+112%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
2.4 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−86%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
293 /100k (2020) → 92 /100k (2025)
−69%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.7 /1k (2020) → 9.4 /1k (2025)
+67%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.7% (2015-2019) → 84.7% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hamilton County, Iowa improved on 8 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 16 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Violent crime−69%293 /100k → 92 /100k
Real income+39%$55,656 → $77,513
New businesses+67%5.7 /1k → 9.4 /1k
Property crime−35%1,160 /100k → 758 /100k
Broadband+9 points75.7% → 84.7%

Declined2

Uninsured+2.4 points5.4% → 7.8%
Price / income+0.4×1.7× → 2.2×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Hamilton County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.0 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	38%
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Average weekly wage	$8502020	$1,0362025	+22%	Improved	36%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	75.7%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	42%
Child poverty rate	12.4%2019	10.9%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Distance to an airport	61 mi2020	61 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	9.0 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+13%	Within the margin of error	17%
Effective property tax rate	1.47%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	89%
Grocery stores	2.7 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+26%	Within the margin of error	89%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	93.3%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	47%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,6562019	$77,5132024	+39%	Improved	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4122015-2019	0.4382020-2024	+0.026	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$63,2342019	$76,0542024	+20%	Improved	26%
New business applications	5.7 /1k2020	9.4 /1k2025	+67%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	71%
Poverty rate	9.1%2019	8.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Property crime rate	1,160 /100k2020	758 /100k2025	−35%	Improved	48%
Public libraries	4.1 /10k2019	4.0 /10k2024	−1.3%	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	22.7%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	34.2%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Restaurants and bars	10.0 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Students per teacher	15.1×2019	14.8×2024	−0.3×	Little change	36%
Traffic deaths	24.0 /100k2015-2019	16.1 /100k2020-2024	−33%	Within the margin of error	88%
Unemployment rate	3.9%2020	2.8%2025	−1.1 points	Improved	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.4%2019	7.8%2024	+2.4 points	Declined	2%
Violent crime rate	293 /100k2020	92 /100k2025	−69%	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Hamilton County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamilton County, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hamilton County, Iowa itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

14,886 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,434 households (±208)

Hamilton County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k15%950
$25k–50k20%1,277
$50k–75k17%1,102

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,434 households (±208)

Hamilton County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own73%4,721
Rent27%1,713

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,278 workers (±257)

Hamilton County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone84%6,116
Carpool6.6%†481
Public transit0.1%†7

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Hamilton County has 367 employer establishments, 246 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Iowa's), with 4,559 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,566. The Census Bureau also counts 1,051 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 367; 1,051 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 246; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 4,559
Average annual pay: $54,566; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hamilton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	38	25.5	1.65×More than typical	165	$59,448	82
Religious organizations	23	15.4	2.78×More than typical	100	$21,240	—
Ambulatory health care services	17	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	108	$48,343	29
Building equipment contractors	15	10.1	1.67×More than typical	75	$67,307	19
Restaurants and other eating places	14	9.4	0.51×Fewer than typical	204	$15,755	4
Gasoline stations	13	8.7	2.69×More than typical	259	$30,220	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	8	1.60×More than typical	51	$45,373	21
Construction of buildings	12	8	1.06×About typical	60	$57,617	28
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	11	7.4	2.34×More than typical	40	$56,700	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	7.4	1.09×About typical	40	$40,575	76
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	6	1.37×Too few to compare	47	$62,979	26
Truck transportation	9	6	1.19×Too few to compare	56	$60,339	42

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,914 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $114M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hamilton County, Iowa: $7,629 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $114M; +7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,629; US $12,975
Loan face value: $2.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 12%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$66.4M58%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$8.1M7.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$6.8M6.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.2M5.4%
20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$5M4.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.9M4.3%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$4M3.5%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$2.8M2.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$13.2M12%
AMES, IA
CITY OF WEBSTER CITY$225.9K0.2%
WEBSTER CITY, IA
PEOPLES CREDIT UNION$49K0.0%
WEBSTER CITY, IA
JEWELL HOUSING, INCORPORATED$41.6K0.0%
ALGONA, IA
RIVERSIDE TECHNOLOGIES INC$40.2K0.0%

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$78.9M69%
Federal Highway Administration$13.2M12%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$11.6M10%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$7.5M6.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

93.5MFY2021
90MFY2022
95MFY2023
89.7MFY2024
106.6MFY2025
114MFY2026

County aggregates

76%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Hamilton County, Iowa

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hamilton County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hamilton County, Iowa
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$42.76	$1,436
FY2018	$42.43	$1,552
FY2019	$21.22	$1,654
FY2020	$48.22	$1,880
FY2021	$41.41	$1,810
FY2022	$54.39	$1,917
FY2023	$122	$2,079
FY2024	$57.23	$2,047
FY2025	$117	$2,165
FY2026	$79.77 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$46.43	$5,748
FY2022	$199	$5,221
FY2023	$895	$5,364
FY2024	$388	$5,501
FY2025	$242	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	-$19.51	$298
FY2022	$60.42	$357
FY2023	$769	$301
FY2024	$87.38	$319
FY2025	$17.30	$360
FY2026	$898

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$11.81	$239
FY2022	$13.50	$185
FY2023	$12.37	$229
FY2024	$5.66	$229
FY2025	$8.05	$249
FY2026	$4.97

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$13.32	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,056	$1,186
FY2022	$104	$465
FY2023	-$34.91	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$324	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hamilton County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

Table view

Job growth, Hamilton County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2023, Contracts and grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.
FY2023, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19079

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Congress data is unavailable right now.

Cities and towns in Hamilton County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hamilton County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-07
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/19079

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	−6.1%	−4.2%
2015	−2.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+3.3%
2018	+9.1%	+6.8%
2019	+11.8%	+10.5%
2020	+17.7%	+19.4%
2021	+22.4%	+26.1%
2022	+29.1%	+30.6%
2023	+38.8%	+35.0%
2024	+41.0%	+41.0%
2025	+43.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	+11.4%	−5.5%
2015	+6.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+11.9%	+8.9%
2019	+3.8%	+13.5%
2020	+5.4%	+20.8%
2021	+25.0%	+32.1%
2022	+41.9%	+35.4%
2023	+32.5%	+42.9%
2024	+38.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	−8.9%	−6.9%
2015	−8.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.1%	+4.7%
2018	−3.7%	+7.5%
2019	+7.3%	+14.0%
2020	+4.6%	+16.9%
2021	+9.1%	+21.0%
2022	+16.8%	+29.7%
2023	+21.7%	+34.9%
2024	+29.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	9.4%	15.5%
2015	11.0%	14.7%
2016	9.3%	14.0%
2017	8.7%	13.4%
2018	8.4%	13.1%
2019	9.1%	12.3%
2020	8.1%	11.9%
2021	8.3%	12.8%
2022	9.2%	12.6%
2023	8.5%	12.5%
2024	8.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	4.5%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	3.4%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.4%
2018	2.4%	3.9%
2019	2.5%	3.7%
2020	3.9%	8.1%
2021	3.5%	5.4%
2022	2.6%	3.7%
2023	2.4%	3.6%
2024	2.5%	4.0%
2025	2.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+26.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	7.8%	13.5%
2015	5.5%	10.9%
2016	5.2%	10.0%
2017	5.7%	10.2%
2018	5.5%	10.4%
2019	5.4%	10.8%
2020	5.8%	10.4%
2021	5.9%	10.2%
2022	5.2%	9.5%
2023	6.6%	9.5%
2024	7.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hamilton County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.4/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved8

Declined2

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Improved8

Declined2

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